AWS eks high security documentation change

Service: eks · 2026-06-04 · Security-related high

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

Summary

Added 'bind' permission to Kubernetes RBAC verbs list

Security assessment

Adding 'bind' verb explicitly documents critical RBAC permission required for role binding operations. Missing this could lead to privilege escalation risks if administrators misunderstand required permissions.

Diff

diff --git a/eks/latest/userguide/access-policy-permissions.md b/eks/latest/userguide/access-policy-permissions.md
index 48a937e36..9446ca406 100644
--- a//eks/latest/userguide/access-policy-permissions.md
+++ b//eks/latest/userguide/access-policy-permissions.md
@@ -543 +543 @@ Kubernetes API groups | Kubernetes resources | Kubernetes verbs (permissions)
-`rbac.authorization.k8s.io` |  `roles`, `clusterroles` |  `create`, `update`, `escalate`  
+`rbac.authorization.k8s.io` |  `roles`, `clusterroles` |  `create`, `update`, `escalate`, `bind`