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AWS powershell documentation change

Service: powershell · 2026-04-16 · Documentation low

File: powershell/v5/userguide/additional-security-considerations.md

Summary

Added markdown version link and updated command for showing sensitive data from Set-AWSConfiguration to Set-AWSSensitiveDataConfiguration

Security assessment

The change updates the command for controlling the display of sensitive data in AWS PowerShell, which is a security feature. However, there is no indication of a security vulnerability being addressed.

Diff

diff --git a/powershell/v5/userguide/additional-security-considerations.md b/powershell/v5/userguide/additional-security-considerations.md
index 51e29514e..3b9c2c0ce 100644
--- a//powershell/v5/userguide/additional-security-considerations.md
+++ b//powershell/v5/userguide/additional-security-considerations.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[View a markdown version of this page](additional-security-considerations.md)
+
@@ -24 +26 @@ Version 5 (V5) of the AWS Tools for PowerShell has been updated to exclude poten
-    Set-AWSConfiguration -RedactSensitiveOutputDisplay $false
+    Set-AWSSensitiveDataConfiguration -ShowSensitiveData $true