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AWS eks documentation change

Service: eks · 2026-01-25 · Documentation low

File: eks/latest/userguide/access-policies.md

Summary

Updated placeholder ARNs to concrete examples in access policy documentation

Security assessment

The changes improve documentation accuracy but don't introduce or modify security-related content. No evidence of security vulnerability being addressed.

Diff

diff --git a/eks/latest/userguide/access-policies.md b/eks/latest/userguide/access-policies.md
index 7233e5bb8..0888453dd 100644
--- a//eks/latest/userguide/access-policies.md
+++ b//eks/latest/userguide/access-policies.md
@@ -95,2 +95,2 @@ An example output is as follows.
-            "<shared id="region.arn"/>iam::111122223333:role/my-role",
-            "<shared id="region.arn"/>iam::111122223333:user/my-user"
+            "arn:aws:iam::111122223333:role/my-role",
+            "arn:aws:iam::111122223333:user/my-user"
@@ -102,2 +102,2 @@ An example output is as follows.
-        aws eks associate-access-policy --cluster-name my-cluster --principal-arn <shared id="region.arn"/>iam::111122223333:role/my-role \
-        --access-scope type=namespace,namespaces=my-namespace1,my-namespace2 --policy-arn <shared id="region.arn"/>eks::aws:cluster-access-policy/AmazonEKSViewPolicy
+        aws eks associate-access-policy --cluster-name my-cluster --principal-arn arn:aws:iam::111122223333:role/my-role \
+        --access-scope type=namespace,namespaces=my-namespace1,my-namespace2 --policy-arn arn:aws:eks::aws:cluster-access-policy/AmazonEKSViewPolicy
@@ -113 +113 @@ If you later want to change the scope of an associated access policy, run the pr
-        aws eks list-associated-access-policies --cluster-name my-cluster --principal-arn <shared id="region.arn"/>iam::111122223333:role/my-role
+        aws eks list-associated-access-policies --cluster-name my-cluster --principal-arn arn:aws:iam::111122223333:role/my-role
@@ -119 +119 @@ An example output is as follows.
-        "principalArn": "<shared id="region.arn"/>iam::111122223333",
+        "principalArn": "arn:aws:iam::111122223333",
@@ -122 +122 @@ An example output is as follows.
-                "policyArn": "<shared id="region.arn"/>eks::aws:cluster-access-policy/AmazonEKSViewPolicy",
+                "policyArn": "arn:aws:eks::aws:cluster-access-policy/AmazonEKSViewPolicy",
@@ -131 +131 @@ An example output is as follows.
-                "policyArn": "<shared id="region.arn"/>eks::aws:cluster-access-policy/AmazonEKSAdminPolicy",
+                "policyArn": "arn:aws:eks::aws:cluster-access-policy/AmazonEKSAdminPolicy",
@@ -149,2 +149,2 @@ In the previous example, the IAM principal for this access entry has view permis
-        aws eks disassociate-access-policy --cluster-name my-cluster --principal-arn <shared id="region.arn"/>iam::111122223333:role/my-role \
-        --policy-arn <shared id="region.arn"/>eks::aws:cluster-access-policy/AmazonEKSAdminPolicy
+        aws eks disassociate-access-policy --cluster-name my-cluster --principal-arn arn:aws:iam::111122223333:role/my-role \
+        --policy-arn arn:aws:eks::aws:cluster-access-policy/AmazonEKSAdminPolicy