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AWS IAM: Fix SAML bindings URL in assertions documentation

Service: IAM · 2026-08-19 · Documentation low

File: IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_providers_create_saml_assertions.md

Summary

Updated the URL for the SAML 2.0 HTTP POST Binding standard.

Security assessment

The change corrects a documentation link without addressing security weaknesses or enhancing security practices.

Evidence

+After you have verified a user's identity in your organization, the external identity provider (IdP) sends an authentication response to the AWS sign-in endpoint URL. This response is a POST request that includes a SAML token that adheres to the [HTTP POST Binding for SAML 2.0](http://docs.oasis-open.org/security/saml/v2.0/saml-bindings-2.0-os.pdf) standard and that contains the following elements, or _claims_.

Diff

diff --git a/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_providers_create_saml_assertions.md b/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_providers_create_saml_assertions.md
index 5328fec29..a69efc9be 100644
--- a//IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_providers_create_saml_assertions.md
+++ b//IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_providers_create_saml_assertions.md
@@ -11 +11 @@ Subject and NameIDPrincipalTag SAML attributeRole SAML attributeRoleSessionName
-After you have verified a user's identity in your organization, the external identity provider (IdP) sends an authentication response to the AWS sign-in endpoint URL. This response is a POST request that includes a SAML token that adheres to the [HTTP POST Binding for SAML 2.0](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/http://docs.oasis-open.org/security/saml/v2.0/saml-bindings-2.0-os.pdf) standard and that contains the following elements, or _claims_. You configure these claims in your SAML-compatible IdP. Refer to the documentation for your IdP for instructions on how to enter these claims.
+After you have verified a user's identity in your organization, the external identity provider (IdP) sends an authentication response to the AWS sign-in endpoint URL. This response is a POST request that includes a SAML token that adheres to the [HTTP POST Binding for SAML 2.0](http://docs.oasis-open.org/security/saml/v2.0/saml-bindings-2.0-os.pdf) standard and that contains the following elements, or _claims_. You configure these claims in your SAML-compatible IdP. Refer to the documentation for your IdP for instructions on how to enter these claims.