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AWS emr documentation change

Service: emr · 2026-04-25 · Documentation low

File: emr/latest/EMR-Serverless-UserGuide/application-custom-image.md

Summary

Added a 'Principal' block with Service 'emr-serverless.amazonaws.com' to a JSON policy example.

Security assessment

This change adds a missing Principal specification in an IAM policy example, which is necessary for proper IAM role trust policies. While this improves security documentation by providing a complete example, there's no evidence it addresses a specific security vulnerability. It appears to be a documentation correction or enhancement for proper IAM configuration.

Diff

diff --git a/emr/latest/EMR-Serverless-UserGuide/application-custom-image.md b/emr/latest/EMR-Serverless-UserGuide/application-custom-image.md
index 376d8a1da..9060e69f2 100644
--- a//emr/latest/EMR-Serverless-UserGuide/application-custom-image.md
+++ b//emr/latest/EMR-Serverless-UserGuide/application-custom-image.md
@@ -217,0 +218,3 @@ JSON
+          "Principal": {
+            "Service": "emr-serverless.amazonaws.com"
+          },