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AWS ec2 medium security documentation change

Service: ec2 · 2026-01-22 · Security-related medium

File: ec2/latest/devguide/example_ec2_AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress_section.md

Summary

Fixed syntax error in CLI example for security group ingress rules by removing extra quotation mark.

Security assessment

Corrected broken CLI example that could cause misconfiguration of security group rules. Incorrect syntax might lead to unintended open ports, creating potential security exposure.

Diff

diff --git a/ec2/latest/devguide/example_ec2_AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress_section.md b/ec2/latest/devguide/example_ec2_AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress_section.md
index ede034c32..cf8e27751 100644
--- a//ec2/latest/devguide/example_ec2_AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress_section.md
+++ b//ec2/latest/devguide/example_ec2_AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress_section.md
@@ -418 +418 @@ The following `authorize-security-group-ingress` example uses the `ip-permission
-        --ip-permissions 'IpProtocol=tcp,FromPort=3389,ToPort=3389,IpRanges=[{CidrIp=172.31.0.0/16}]" "IpProtocol=icmp,FromPort=-1,ToPort=-1,IpRanges=[{CidrIp=172.31.0.0/16}]'
+        --ip-permissions 'IpProtocol=tcp,FromPort=3389,ToPort=3389,IpRanges=[{CidrIp=172.31.0.0/16}]' 'IpProtocol=icmp,FromPort=-1,ToPort=-1,IpRanges=[{CidrIp=172.31.0.0/16}]'