AWS gameliftservers documentation change

Service: gameliftservers · 2026-05-28 · Documentation low

File: gameliftservers/latest/developerguide/vpc-peering.md

Summary

Added new section 'IAM permissions for VPC peering' listing required EC2 permissions

Security assessment

Documents required IAM permissions for secure VPC peering operations, helping prevent misconfigurations, but doesn't address a specific security vulnerability.

Diff

diff --git a/gameliftservers/latest/developerguide/vpc-peering.md b/gameliftservers/latest/developerguide/vpc-peering.md
index 0b5ac515e..0be10424e 100644
--- a//gameliftservers/latest/developerguide/vpc-peering.md
+++ b//gameliftservers/latest/developerguide/vpc-peering.md
@@ -7 +7 @@
-To set up VPC peering for an existing fleetTo set up VPC peering with a new fleetTroubleshooting VPC peering issues
+IAM permissions for VPC peeringTo set up VPC peering for an existing fleetTo set up VPC peering with a new fleetTroubleshooting VPC peering issues
@@ -18,0 +19,19 @@ If you're already familiar with Amazon VPCs and VPC peering, understand that set
+## IAM permissions for VPC peering
+
+Amazon GameLift Servers uses the caller's credentials to update peer-VPC resources. The IAM user that calls `CreateVpcPeeringAuthorization` or `CreateVpcPeeringConnection` must have the following Amazon EC2 permissions enabled:
+
+  * `ec2:AcceptVpcPeeringConnection`
+
+  * `ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupEgress`
+
+  * `ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress`
+
+  * `ec2:CreateRoute`
+
+  * `ec2:DescribeRouteTables`
+
+  * `ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups`
+
+
+
+