AWS eks documentation change
Summary
Added markdown version link and documented AWS managed policy updates for EKS LoadBalancingPolicy
Security assessment
The change documents IAM policy updates including shield:CreateProtection/DeleteProtection and elasticloadbalancing permissions. These are security feature enhancements (DDoS protection via Shield and network security controls) but there's no evidence they address a specific security vulnerability or incident.
Diff
diff --git a/eks/latest/userguide/doc-history.md b/eks/latest/userguide/doc-history.md index 92297e991..ded44d270 100644 --- a//eks/latest/userguide/doc-history.md +++ b//eks/latest/userguide/doc-history.md @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +[View a markdown version of this page](doc-history.md) + @@ -17,0 +20 @@ Change| Description| Date +[AWS managed policy updates](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eks/latest/userguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.html)| Updated `shield:CreateProtection` and `shield:DeleteProtection` permission in `AmazonEKSLoadBalancingPolicy`. This allows Amazon EKS Auto Mode Controller to add shield protection.| April 14, 2026 @@ -18,0 +22 @@ Change| Description| Date +[AWS managed policy updates](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eks/latest/userguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.html)| Added `elasticloadbalancing:ModifyIpPools` and updated `elasticloadbalancing:RegisterTargets` permission in `AmazonEKSLoadBalancingPolicy`. This allows Amazon EKS Auto Mode Controller to support setting IPAM pool for ALB and support multi-cluster and custom targetgroupbindings respectively| March 20, 2026