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AWS cli medium security documentation change

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

File: cli/latest/reference/gamelift/create-vpc-peering-authorization.md

Summary

Added IAM permissions requirements note for VPC peering operations and updated CLI version

Security assessment

Added explicit documentation about required EC2 permissions (ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupEgress/Ingress etc.) which directly relates to security configuration. This addresses potential misconfiguration risks in VPC peering setups.

Diff

diff --git a/cli/latest/reference/gamelift/create-vpc-peering-authorization.md b/cli/latest/reference/gamelift/create-vpc-peering-authorization.md
index bf4f60acc..04f072705 100644
--- a//cli/latest/reference/gamelift/create-vpc-peering-authorization.md
+++ b//cli/latest/reference/gamelift/create-vpc-peering-authorization.md
@@ -15 +15 @@
-  * [AWS CLI 2.35.5 Command Reference](../../index.html) »
+  * [AWS CLI 2.35.8 Command Reference](../../index.html) »
@@ -71 +71,10 @@ The authorization remains valid for 24 hours unless it is canceled. You must cre
-> **Related actions**
+### Note
+
+> Amazon GameLift Servers uses the caller’s credentials to update peer-VPC resources. The IAM user that calls this operation must have the following Amazon EC2 permissions enabled:
+> 
+>   * `ec2:AcceptVpcPeeringConnection`
+>   * `ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupEgress`
+>   * `ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress`
+>   * `ec2:CreateRoute`
+>   * `ec2:DescribeRouteTables`
+>   * `ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups`
@@ -73 +82,5 @@ The authorization remains valid for 24 hours unless it is canceled. You must cre
-> [All APIs by task](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/gamelift/latest/developerguide/reference-awssdk.html#reference-awssdk-resources-fleets)
+
+
+**Related actions**
+
+[All APIs by task](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/gamelift/latest/developerguide/reference-awssdk.html#reference-awssdk-resources-fleets)
@@ -298 +311 @@ VpcPeeringAuthorization -> (structure)
-  * [AWS CLI 2.35.5 Command Reference](../../index.html) »
+  * [AWS CLI 2.35.8 Command Reference](../../index.html) »