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Service: AmazonRDS · 2026-05-22 · Documentation low

File: AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/AuroraMySQL.Integrating.Authorizing.IAM.AddRoleToDBCluster.md

Summary

Updated IAM role parameter descriptions to include Aurora MySQL 8.4 and revised aws_default_logs_role functionality.

Security assessment

The changes clarify IAM role usage for S3/logs access which relates to security permissions, but don't address a specific vulnerability.

Diff

diff --git a/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/AuroraMySQL.Integrating.Authorizing.IAM.AddRoleToDBCluster.md b/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/AuroraMySQL.Integrating.Authorizing.IAM.AddRoleToDBCluster.md
index 20dece809..90b0b801e 100644
--- a//AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/AuroraMySQL.Integrating.Authorizing.IAM.AddRoleToDBCluster.md
+++ b//AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/AuroraMySQL.Integrating.Authorizing.IAM.AddRoleToDBCluster.md
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ Cluster-level parameter | Description
-`aws_default_logs_role` |  This parameter is no longer required for exporting log data from your DB cluster to Amazon CloudWatch Logs. Aurora MySQL now uses a service-linked role for the required permissions. For more information about service-linked roles, see [Using service-linked roles for Amazon Aurora](./UsingWithRDS.IAM.ServiceLinkedRoles.html).  
-`aws_default_s3_role` |  Used when invoking the `LOAD DATA FROM S3`, `LOAD XML FROM S3`, or `SELECT INTO OUTFILE S3` statement from your DB cluster. In Aurora MySQL version 2, the IAM role specified in this parameter is used if an IAM role isn't specified for `aurora_load_from_s3_role` or `aurora_select_into_s3_role` for the appropriate statement. In Aurora MySQL version 3, the IAM role specified for this parameter is always used.  
-`aurora_load_from_s3_role` |  Used when invoking the `LOAD DATA FROM S3` or `LOAD XML FROM S3` statement from your DB cluster. If an IAM role is not specified for this parameter, the IAM role specified in `aws_default_s3_role` is used. In Aurora MySQL version 3, this parameter isn't available.  
-`aurora_select_into_s3_role` |  Used when invoking the `SELECT INTO OUTFILE S3` statement from your DB cluster. If an IAM role is not specified for this parameter, the IAM role specified in `aws_default_s3_role` is used. In Aurora MySQL version 3, this parameter isn't available.  
+`aws_default_logs_role` |  Used when publishing log data from your DB cluster to Amazon CloudWatch Logs with the `server_audit_logs_upload` parameter. For more information about publishing log data to Amazon CloudWatch Logs, see [Publishing Amazon Aurora MySQL logs to Amazon CloudWatch Logs](./AuroraMySQL.Integrating.CloudWatch.html).  
+`aws_default_s3_role` |  Used when invoking the `LOAD DATA FROM S3`, `LOAD XML FROM S3`, or `SELECT INTO OUTFILE S3` statement from your DB cluster. In Aurora MySQL version 2, the IAM role specified in this parameter is used if an IAM role isn't specified for `aurora_load_from_s3_role` or `aurora_select_into_s3_role` for the appropriate statement. In Aurora MySQL version 3 and version 8.4, the IAM role specified for this parameter is always used.  
+`aurora_load_from_s3_role` |  Used when invoking the `LOAD DATA FROM S3` or `LOAD XML FROM S3` statement from your DB cluster. If an IAM role is not specified for this parameter, the IAM role specified in `aws_default_s3_role` is used. In Aurora MySQL version 3 and version 8.4, this parameter isn't available.  
+`aurora_select_into_s3_role` |  Used when invoking the `SELECT INTO OUTFILE S3` statement from your DB cluster. If an IAM role is not specified for this parameter, the IAM role specified in `aws_default_s3_role` is used. In Aurora MySQL version 3 and version 8.4, this parameter isn't available.