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AWS eks documentation change

Service: eks · 2026-04-10 · Documentation low

File: eks/latest/userguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.md

Summary

Added documentation for new AmazonS3FilesCSIDriverPolicy managed policy and corrected typo in date from 'Feburary' to 'February'

Security assessment

This change adds documentation for a new AWS managed policy (AmazonS3FilesCSIDriverPolicy) that grants permissions for the Amazon EFS Container Storage Interface (CSI) to create, delete, and list Amazon S3 Files access points and file systems. This is a routine documentation update for a new IAM policy feature, not related to addressing any security vulnerability or incident. The change enhances security documentation by documenting proper IAM permissions for the new S3 Files CSI driver feature.

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diff --git a/eks/latest/userguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.md b/eks/latest/userguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.md
index 6cd170856..2e37d0e53 100644
--- a//eks/latest/userguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.md
+++ b//eks/latest/userguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.md
@@ -5 +5 @@
-AWS managed policy: AmazonEKS_CNI_PolicyAWS managed policy: AmazonEKSClusterPolicyAWS managed policy: AmazonEKSDashboardConsoleReadOnlyAWS managed policy: AmazonEKSFargatePodExecutionRolePolicyAWS managed policy: AmazonEKSConnectorServiceRolePolicyAWS managed policy: AmazonEKSForFargateServiceRolePolicyAWS managed policy: AmazonEKSComputePolicyAWS managed policy: AmazonEKSNetworkingPolicyAWS managed policy: AmazonEKSBlockStoragePolicyAWS managed policy: AmazonEKSLoadBalancingPolicyAWS managed policy: AmazonEKSMCPReadOnlyAccessAWS managed policy: AmazonEKSServicePolicyAWS managed policy: AmazonEKSServiceRolePolicyAWS managed policy: AmazonEKSVPCResourceControllerAWS managed policy: AmazonEKSWorkerNodePolicyAWS managed policy: AmazonEKSWorkerNodeMinimalPolicyAWS managed policy: AWSServiceRoleForAmazonEKSNodegroupAWS managed policy: AmazonEKSDashboardServiceRolePolicyAWS managed policy: AmazonEBSCSIDriverPolicyAWS managed policy: AmazonEFSCSIDriverPolicyAWS managed policy: AmazonEKSLocalOutpostClusterPolicyAWS managed policy: AmazonEKSLocalOutpostServiceRolePolicyAmazon EKS updates to AWS managed policies
+AWS managed policy: AmazonEKS_CNI_PolicyAWS managed policy: AmazonEKSClusterPolicyAWS managed policy: AmazonEKSDashboardConsoleReadOnlyAWS managed policy: AmazonEKSFargatePodExecutionRolePolicyAWS managed policy: AmazonEKSConnectorServiceRolePolicyAWS managed policy: AmazonEKSForFargateServiceRolePolicyAWS managed policy: AmazonEKSComputePolicyAWS managed policy: AmazonEKSNetworkingPolicyAWS managed policy: AmazonEKSBlockStoragePolicyAWS managed policy: AmazonEKSLoadBalancingPolicyAWS managed policy: AmazonEKSMCPReadOnlyAccessAWS managed policy: AmazonEKSServicePolicyAWS managed policy: AmazonEKSServiceRolePolicyAWS managed policy: AmazonEKSVPCResourceControllerAWS managed policy: AmazonEKSWorkerNodePolicyAWS managed policy: AmazonEKSWorkerNodeMinimalPolicyAWS managed policy: AWSServiceRoleForAmazonEKSNodegroupAWS managed policy: AmazonEKSDashboardServiceRolePolicyAWS managed policy: AmazonEBSCSIDriverPolicyAWS managed policy: AmazonEFSCSIDriverPolicyAWS managed policy: AmazonS3FilesCSIDriverPolicyAWS managed policy: AmazonEKSLocalOutpostClusterPolicyAWS managed policy: AmazonEKSLocalOutpostServiceRolePolicyAmazon EKS updates to AWS managed policies
@@ -455 +455 @@ To view the latest version of the JSON policy document, see [AmazonEBSCSIDriverS
-The `AmazonEFSCSIDriverPolicy` policy allows the Amazon EFS Container Storage Interface (CSI) to create and delete access points on your behalf. It also grants the Amazon EFS CSI driver permissions to list your access points file systems, mount targets, and Amazon EC2 availability zones.
+The `AmazonEFSCSIDriverPolicy` policy allows the Amazon EFS Container Storage Interface (CSI) to create and delete access points on your behalf. It also grants the Amazon EFS CSI driver permissions to list your access points, file systems, mount targets, and Amazon EC2 availability zones.
@@ -457 +457,7 @@ The `AmazonEFSCSIDriverPolicy` policy allows the Amazon EFS Container Storage In
-To view the latest version of the JSON policy document, see [AmazonEFSCSIDriverServiceRolePolicy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-managed-policy/latest/reference/AmazonEFSCSIDriverPolicy.html#AmazonEFSCSIDriverPolicy-json) in the AWS Managed Policy Reference Guide.
+To view the latest version of the JSON policy document, see [AmazonEFSCSIDriverPolicy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-managed-policy/latest/reference/AmazonEFSCSIDriverPolicy.html#AmazonEFSCSIDriverPolicy-json) in the AWS Managed Policy Reference Guide.
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+## AWS managed policy: AmazonS3FilesCSIDriverPolicy
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+The `AmazonS3FilesCSIDriverPolicy` policy allows the Amazon EFS Container Storage Interface (CSI) to create and delete Amazon S3 Files access points on your behalf. It also grants the Amazon EFS CSI driver permissions to list your Amazon S3 Files access points and file systems.
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+To view the latest version of the JSON policy document, see [AmazonS3FilesCSIDriverPolicy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-managed-policy/latest/reference/AmazonS3FilesCSIDriverPolicy.html#AmazonS3FilesCSIDriverPolicy-json) in the AWS Managed Policy Reference Guide.
@@ -513 +519 @@ Added permission to AWS managed policy: AmazonEKSNetworkingPolicy. |  Added `ec2
-Added permissions to AWS managed policy: AWSServiceRoleForAmazonEKSNodegroup. |  Added `autoscaling:PutWarmPool`, `autoscaling:DeleteWarmPool`, and `autoscaling:DescribeWarmPool` permissions to `AWSServiceRoleForAmazonEKSNodegroup`. This allows Amazon EKS Managed Nodegroups to manage underlying ASG warm pool resources throughout the node group lifecycle. |  Feburary 17, 2026  
+Added permissions to AWS managed policy: AWSServiceRoleForAmazonEKSNodegroup. |  Added `autoscaling:PutWarmPool`, `autoscaling:DeleteWarmPool`, and `autoscaling:DescribeWarmPool` permissions to `AWSServiceRoleForAmazonEKSNodegroup`. This allows Amazon EKS Managed Nodegroups to manage underlying ASG warm pool resources throughout the node group lifecycle. |  February 17, 2026