AWS eks documentation change

Service: eks · 2026-03-16 · Documentation low

File: eks/latest/userguide/lbc-manifest.md

Summary

Replaced placeholder region variables with concrete us-east-1 references in OIDC provider ARNs and condition keys

Security assessment

The updates fix template syntax in IAM policy examples but don't indicate any security vulnerability remediation or new security guidance.

Diff

diff --git a/eks/latest/userguide/lbc-manifest.md b/eks/latest/userguide/lbc-manifest.md
index e07459a01..69c7af43a 100644
--- a//eks/latest/userguide/lbc-manifest.md
+++ b//eks/latest/userguide/lbc-manifest.md
@@ -125 +125 @@ If output is returned, then you already have an IAM OIDC provider for your clust
-                    "Federated": "&region-arn;iam::111122223333:oidc-provider/oidc.eks.&region_api_default;.amazonaws.com/id/EXAMPLED539D4633E53DE1B71EXAMPLE"
+                    "Federated": "arn:aws:iam::111122223333:oidc-provider/oidc.eks.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/id/EXAMPLED539D4633E53DE1B71EXAMPLE"
@@ -130,2 +130,2 @@ If output is returned, then you already have an IAM OIDC provider for your clust
-                        "oidc.eks.&region_api_default;.amazonaws.com/id/EXAMPLED539D4633E53DE1B71EXAMPLE:aud": "sts.amazonaws.com",
-                        "oidc.eks.&region_api_default;.amazonaws.com/id/EXAMPLED539D4633E53DE1B71EXAMPLE:sub": "system:serviceaccount:kube-system:aws-load-balancer-controller"
+                        "oidc.eks.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/id/EXAMPLED539D4633E53DE1B71EXAMPLE:aud": "sts.amazonaws.com",
+                        "oidc.eks.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/id/EXAMPLED539D4633E53DE1B71EXAMPLE:sub": "system:serviceaccount:kube-system:aws-load-balancer-controller"