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AWS IAM medium security documentation change

Service: IAM · 2026-05-01 · Security-related medium

File: IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_create_for-service.md

Summary

Corrected tagging target from 'user' to 'role' and updated documentation links

Security assessment

Same as previous role documentation fix: ensures accurate attribution of tags to roles rather than users, preventing misconfiguration of role attributes/permissions.

Diff

diff --git a/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_create_for-service.md b/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_create_for-service.md
index 266b05922..cdccdd736 100644
--- a//IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_create_for-service.md
+++ b//IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_create_for-service.md
@@ -306 +306 @@ Create an inline permissions policy for the role: [PutRolePolicy](https://docs.a
-  3. (Optional) Add custom attributes to the user by attaching tags: [TagRole](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/APIReference/API_TagRole.html)
+  3. (Optional) Add custom attributes to the role by attaching tags: [TagRole](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/APIReference/API_TagRole.html)
@@ -308 +308 @@ Create an inline permissions policy for the role: [PutRolePolicy](https://docs.a
-For more information, see [Managing tags on IAM users (AWS CLI or AWS API)](./id_tags_users.html#id_tags_users_procs-cli-api).
+For more information, see [Managing tags on IAM roles (AWS CLI or AWS API)](./id_tags_roles.html#id_tags_roles_procs-cli-api).