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AWS guardduty documentation change

Service: guardduty · 2026-03-10 · Documentation low

File: guardduty/latest/ug/doc-history.md

Summary

Added documentation for new CredentialAccess:IAMUser/CompromisedCredentials finding type release

Security assessment

Documents a new security feature (compromised credential detection) but does not address a specific security vulnerability

Diff

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+New finding type - CredentialAccess:IAMUser/CompromisedCredentials| GuardDuty Introduces a new finding type that detects when an IAM access key observed to be potentially compromised is used to invoke API operations in AWS. For more information, see [CredentialAccess:IAMUser/CompromisedCredentials](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/guardduty/latest/ug/guardduty_finding-types-iam.html#credentialaccess-iam-compromisedcredentials).| March 6, 2026