AWS athena documentation change

Service: athena · 2026-04-28 · Documentation medium

File: athena/latest/ug/release-notes.md

Summary

Added release note for IAM-based authorization support for S3 Tables and Iceberg materialized views

Security assessment

Documents new IAM-based authorization capability which is a security feature, but doesn't indicate any security vulnerability being fixed. The change enhances security documentation by describing permission management improvements.

Diff

diff --git a/athena/latest/ug/release-notes.md b/athena/latest/ug/release-notes.md
index 806aaef06..5009c8468 100644
--- a//athena/latest/ug/release-notes.md
+++ b//athena/latest/ug/release-notes.md
@@ -59,0 +60,6 @@ Athena releases ODBC driver version 2.1.0.0. This release includes security impr
+### March 17, 2026
+
+Published on 2026-03-17
+
+Athena now supports AWS IAM-based authorization for Amazon S3 Tables and Apache Iceberg materialized views. With IAM-based authorization, you can define all necessary permissions across storage, catalog, and query engines in a single IAM policy.
+