AWS eks documentation change

Service: eks · 2026-05-07 · Documentation low

File: eks/latest/userguide/access-policy-permissions.md

Summary

Added RBAC permissions for creating, updating, and escalating Kubernetes roles and clusterroles to the required permissions table.

Security assessment

This change documents required Kubernetes RBAC permissions for cluster operations. While it relates to security controls, there is no evidence of addressing a specific vulnerability or incident. It enhances documentation of existing security features.

Diff

diff --git a/eks/latest/userguide/access-policy-permissions.md b/eks/latest/userguide/access-policy-permissions.md
index c7e537542..48a937e36 100644
--- a//eks/latest/userguide/access-policy-permissions.md
+++ b//eks/latest/userguide/access-policy-permissions.md
@@ -542,0 +543 @@ Kubernetes API groups | Kubernetes resources | Kubernetes verbs (permissions)
+`rbac.authorization.k8s.io` |  `roles`, `clusterroles` |  `create`, `update`, `escalate`