AWS connect: Update Kinesis IAM permission to DescribeStreamSummary

Service: connect · 2026-09-27 · Documentation medium

File: connect/latest/adminguide/customer-segments-membership-events.md · Type: iam

Summary

Changes the sample Kinesis role policy permission from kinesis:DescribeStream to kinesis:DescribeStreamSummary.

Security assessment

The diff modifies an IAM permission in a sample policy for a Kinesis role, which is security-adjacent configuration guidance, but there is no evidence it fixes a specific vulnerability or incident.

Evidence

                    "kinesis:DescribeStreamSummary"

Diff

diff --git a/connect/latest/adminguide/customer-segments-membership-events.md b/connect/latest/adminguide/customer-segments-membership-events.md
index 10e4ce47c..32fccda5f 100644
--- a//connect/latest/adminguide/customer-segments-membership-events.md
+++ b//connect/latest/adminguide/customer-segments-membership-events.md
@@ -99 +99 @@ The following is a sample of the permissions to grant the Kinesis role.
-                    "kinesis:DescribeStream"
+                    "kinesis:DescribeStreamSummary"