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AWS parallelcluster medium security documentation change

Service: parallelcluster · 2026-06-13 · Security-related medium

File: parallelcluster/latest/ug/LoginNodes-v3.md

Summary

Updated deprecation notice for SSH KeyName parameter to clarify removal in version 3.15.0

Security assessment

Explicit removal of SSH key configuration indicates a security hardening measure. The GitHub issue reference suggests this change mitigates potential key management vulnerabilities.

Diff

diff --git a/parallelcluster/latest/ug/LoginNodes-v3.md b/parallelcluster/latest/ug/LoginNodes-v3.md
index e3e576f07..8c3a1ae74 100644
--- a//parallelcluster/latest/ug/LoginNodes-v3.md
+++ b//parallelcluster/latest/ug/LoginNodes-v3.md
@@ -213 +213 @@ Specifies the `ssh` key used to log in into the login nodes. If not specified, t
-Deprecated – The configuration parameter `LoginNodes/Pools/Ssh/KeyName` has been deprecated, and it will be removed in future releases. The CLI now returns a warning message when it is used in the cluster configuration. See [ https://github.com/aws/aws-parallelcluster/issues/6811](https://github.com/aws/aws-parallelcluster/issues/6811) for details.
+Deprecated – The configuration parameter `LoginNodes/Pools/Ssh/KeyName` has been removed in AWS ParallelCluster version 3.15.0. See [ https://github.com/aws/aws-parallelcluster/issues/6811](https://github.com/aws/aws-parallelcluster/issues/6811) for details.