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AWS autoscaling medium security documentation change

Service: autoscaling · 2026-06-19 · Security-related medium

File: autoscaling/application/userguide/doc-history.md

Summary

Added entry for May 20, 2026 about IAM policy update (AWSApplicationAutoscalingECSServicePolicy).

Security assessment

Documents IAM policy change adding ecs:DescribeServiceRevisions permission. IAM policies directly control security permissions. Change enables verification of service configurations which could prevent misconfigurations.

Diff

diff --git a/autoscaling/application/userguide/doc-history.md b/autoscaling/application/userguide/doc-history.md
index 40dd745bc..a781216cb 100644
--- a//autoscaling/application/userguide/doc-history.md
+++ b//autoscaling/application/userguide/doc-history.md
@@ -12,0 +13 @@ Change| Description| Date
+[AWS managed policy updates](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/application/userguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.html#policy-updates)| Application Auto Scaling updated the `AWSApplicationAutoscalingECSServicePolicy` policy.| May 20, 2026