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AWS config: rds-instance-default-admin-check now available in Malaysia

Service: config · 2026-11-03 · Documentation low

File: config/latest/developerguide/rds-instance-default-admin-check.md

Summary

Removes Asia Pacific (Malaysia) from the list of regions where the rds-instance-default-admin-check managed rule is unsupported, indicating the rule is now available there.

Security assessment

The only change is region availability metadata for an existing rule; no rule logic, credential handling, or vulnerability fix is described, so security impact is tangential.

Evidence

+**AWS Region:** All supported AWS regions except Asia Pacific (New Zealand), China (Beijing), Asia Pacific (Thailand), Mexico (Central), Asia Pacific (Taipei), Canada West (Calgary), China (Ningxia) Region

Diff

diff --git a/config/latest/developerguide/rds-instance-default-admin-check.md b/config/latest/developerguide/rds-instance-default-admin-check.md
index a86a648..fa69b56 100644
--- a//config/latest/developerguide/rds-instance-default-admin-check.md
+++ b//config/latest/developerguide/rds-instance-default-admin-check.md
@@ -19 +19 @@ Checks if an Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) database has change
-**AWS Region:** All supported AWS regions except Asia Pacific (New Zealand), China (Beijing), Asia Pacific (Thailand), Asia Pacific (Malaysia), Mexico (Central), Asia Pacific (Taipei), Canada West (Calgary), China (Ningxia) Region
+**AWS Region:** All supported AWS regions except Asia Pacific (New Zealand), China (Beijing), Asia Pacific (Thailand), Mexico (Central), Asia Pacific (Taipei), Canada West (Calgary), China (Ningxia) Region