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AWS eks documentation change

Service: eks · 2026-04-22 · Documentation medium

File: eks/latest/userguide/using-service-linked-roles-eks-outpost.md

Summary

Updated IAM policy reference from 'AmazonEKSServiceRolePolicy' to 'AmazonEKSLocalOutpostServiceRolePolicy'.

Security assessment

Corrects documentation for IAM policy used in EKS Outpost, ensuring accurate security permissions reference. While it updates security-related documentation, there is no concrete evidence of addressing a specific security issue.

Diff

diff --git a/eks/latest/userguide/using-service-linked-roles-eks-outpost.md b/eks/latest/userguide/using-service-linked-roles-eks-outpost.md
index a10c44d2c..fa9c24dcf 100644
--- a//eks/latest/userguide/using-service-linked-roles-eks-outpost.md
+++ b//eks/latest/userguide/using-service-linked-roles-eks-outpost.md
@@ -40 +40 @@ The role permissions policy allows Amazon EKS to complete the following actions
-  * [AmazonEKSServiceRolePolicy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-managed-policy/latest/reference/AmazonEKSServiceRolePolicy.html)
+  * [AmazonEKSLocalOutpostServiceRolePolicy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-managed-policy/latest/reference/AmazonEKSLocalOutpostServiceRolePolicy.html)