AWS Security ChangesHomeSearch

AWS lake-formation documentation change

Service: lake-formation · 2026-06-28 · Documentation low

File: lake-formation/latest/dg/create-fed-catalog-data-source.md

Summary

Added documentation requiring non-admin users to be granted DATA_LOCATION_ACCESS permissions when creating federated catalogs, including an example CLI command.

Security assessment

The change documents required permissions for non-admin users to prevent access issues but doesn't address a specific security vulnerability. It adds security-related documentation about permission requirements.

Diff

diff --git a/lake-formation/latest/dg/create-fed-catalog-data-source.md b/lake-formation/latest/dg/create-fed-catalog-data-source.md
index 9e7e27771..474083e28 100644
--- a//lake-formation/latest/dg/create-fed-catalog-data-source.md
+++ b//lake-formation/latest/dg/create-fed-catalog-data-source.md
@@ -111 +111,21 @@ AWS CLI
-  3. The following example shows how to create a federated catalog. 
+  3. If you are not a data lake administrator, grant `DATA_LOCATION_ACCESS` on the registered connection to the principal that creates the federated catalog. A data lake administrator has implicit data location permissions and does not need this grant. For more information, see [Implicit Lake Formation permissions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lake-formation/latest/dg/implicit-permissions.html).
+
+The following example shows how to grant `DATA_LOCATION_ACCESS` on a registered connection.
+    
+        aws lakeformation grant-permissions \
+      --cli-input-json \
+        '{
+          "Principal": {
+            "DataLakePrincipalIdentifier": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/non-admin-role"
+          },
+          "Resource": {
+            "DataLocation": {
+              "CatalogId": "123456789012",
+              "ResourceArn": "arn:aws:glue:us-east-1:123456789012:connection/connection-name"
+            }
+          },
+          "Permissions": ["DATA_LOCATION_ACCESS"]
+        }'
+                          
+
+  4. The following example shows how to create a federated catalog.