AWS cloudhsm medium security documentation change

Service: cloudhsm · 2026-03-16 · Security-related medium

File: cloudhsm/latest/userguide/create-2fa.md

Summary

Fixed parameter name in MFA user creation command from '<CO USER NAME>' to '<CO USER PASSWORD>'

Security assessment

Corrects authentication parameter in MFA setup command. Using password instead of username prevents authentication failures and strengthens MFA configuration security.

Diff

diff --git a/cloudhsm/latest/userguide/create-2fa.md b/cloudhsm/latest/userguide/create-2fa.md
index 0bb6c2edc..689b80193 100644
--- a//cloudhsm/latest/userguide/create-2fa.md
+++ b//cloudhsm/latest/userguide/create-2fa.md
@@ -19 +19 @@ Use AWS CloudHSM Management Utility CMU (CMU) and the key pair to create a new c
-                aws-cloudhsm > createUser CO MFA <CO USER NAME> -2fa /home/ec2-user/authdata
+                aws-cloudhsm > createUser CO MFA <CO USER PASSWORD> -2fa /home/ec2-user/authdata