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AWS AmazonECR documentation change

Service: AmazonECR · 2026-05-16 · Documentation low

File: AmazonECR/latest/userguide/getting-started-cli.md

Summary

Added note about required ecr:GetAuthorizationToken IAM permission for registry authentication

Security assessment

Documents security-related permission requirement but doesn't indicate response to a specific security incident or vulnerability

Diff

diff --git a/AmazonECR/latest/userguide/getting-started-cli.md b/AmazonECR/latest/userguide/getting-started-cli.md
index 4b45cae7c..1b34d590c 100644
--- a//AmazonECR/latest/userguide/getting-started-cli.md
+++ b//AmazonECR/latest/userguide/getting-started-cli.md
@@ -157,0 +158,4 @@ After you have installed and configured the AWS CLI, authenticate the Docker CLI
+###### Note
+
+Your IAM principal must have the `ecr:GetAuthorizationToken` permission to authenticate to a registry. For more information, see [AWS managed policies for Amazon Elastic Container Registry](./security-iam-awsmanpol.html).
+