AWS cloudhsm high security documentation change

Service: cloudhsm · 2026-01-25 · Security-related high

File: cloudhsm/latest/userguide/cloudhsm_cli-modes.md

Summary

Added security note about escaping special characters in CLI commands

Security assessment

Addresses potential command injection vulnerabilities by warning about special character handling. Directly mitigates security risks in CLI usage.

Diff

diff --git a/cloudhsm/latest/userguide/cloudhsm_cli-modes.md b/cloudhsm/latest/userguide/cloudhsm_cli-modes.md
index 23617f94e..e1197fe99 100644
--- a//cloudhsm/latest/userguide/cloudhsm_cli-modes.md
+++ b//cloudhsm/latest/userguide/cloudhsm_cli-modes.md
@@ -57,0 +58,4 @@ To end your CloudHSM CLI session, run the following command:
+###### Note
+
+When using single command mode, you must escape any special characters in environment variables and command-line arguments that may be interpreted by your shell.
+