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AWS cli documentation change

Service: cli · 2026-02-22 · Documentation low

File: cli/latest/reference/ssm/describe-association.md

Summary

Added documentation for 'AssociationDispatchAssumeRole' field specifying the IAM role used by State Manager for dispatching configurations

Security assessment

Introduces documentation for specifying a custom IAM role to control permissions for association actions, improving security through least privilege access. No evidence of fixing a specific vulnerability.

Diff

diff --git a/cli/latest/reference/ssm/describe-association.md b/cli/latest/reference/ssm/describe-association.md
index e057d1866..12fad3a39 100644
--- a//cli/latest/reference/ssm/describe-association.md
+++ b//cli/latest/reference/ssm/describe-association.md
@@ -15 +15 @@
-  * [AWS CLI 2.33.25 Command Reference](../../index.html) »
+  * [AWS CLI 2.33.27 Command Reference](../../index.html) »
@@ -1125,0 +1126,12 @@ AssociationDescription -> (structure)
+> 
+> AssociationDispatchAssumeRole -> (string)
+>
+>> A role used by association to take actions on your behalf. State Manager will assume this role and call required APIs when dispatching configurations to nodes. If not specified, [service-linked role for Systems Manager](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide/using-service-linked-roles.html) will be used by default.
+>> 
+>> Constraints:
+>> 
+>>   * min: `1`
+>>   * max: `512`
+>>   * pattern: `arn:aws(-[^:]+)?:iam::[0-9]{12}:role/.+`
+>> 
+
@@ -1137 +1149 @@ AssociationDescription -> (structure)
-  * [AWS CLI 2.33.25 Command Reference](../../index.html) »
+  * [AWS CLI 2.33.27 Command Reference](../../index.html) »