AWS managed policies for AWS Identity and Access Management and Access Analyzer

An AWS managed policy is a standalone policy that is created and administered by AWS. AWS managed policies are designed to provide permissions for many common use cases so that you can start assigning permissions to users, groups, and roles.

Keep in mind that AWS managed policies might not grant least-privilege permissions for your specific use cases because they're available for all AWS customers to use. We recommend that you reduce permissions further by defining customer managed policies that are specific to your use cases.

You cannot change the permissions defined in AWS managed policies. If AWS updates the permissions defined in an AWS managed policy, the update affects all principal identities (users, groups, and roles) that the policy is attached to. AWS is most likely to update an AWS managed policy when a new AWS service is launched or new API operations become available for existing services.

For more information, see AWS managed policies in the IAM User Guide.

IAMReadOnlyAccess

Use the IAMReadOnlyAccess managed policy to allow read only access to IAM resources. This policy grants permission to get and list all IAM resources. It allows viewing details and activity reports for users, groups, roles, policies, identity providers, and MFA devices. It does not include the ability to create or delete resources or access to IAM Access Analyzer resources. View the policy for the full list of services and actions supported by this policy.

IAMUserChangePassword

Use the IAMUserChangePassword managed policy to allow IAM users to change their password.

You configure your IAM Account settings and the Password policy to allow IAM users to change their IAM account password. When you allow this action, IAM attaches the following policy to each user:

{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "iam:ChangePassword"
            ],
            "Resource": [
                "arn:aws:iam::*:user/${aws:username}"
            ]
        },
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "iam:GetAccountPasswordPolicy"
            ],
            "Resource": "*"
        }
    ]
}

IAMAccessAnalyzerFullAccess

Use the IAMAccessAnalyzerFullAccess AWS managed policy to allow your administrators to access IAM Access Analyzer.

Permissions groupings

This policy is grouped into statements based on the set of permissions provided.

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "access-analyzer:*"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole",
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "iam:AWSServiceName": "access-analyzer.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "organizations:DescribeAccount",
        "organizations:DescribeOrganization",
        "organizations:DescribeOrganizationalUnit",
        "organizations:ListAccounts",
        "organizations:ListAccountsForParent",
        "organizations:ListAWSServiceAccessForOrganization",
        "organizations:ListChildren",
        "organizations:ListDelegatedAdministrators",
        "organizations:ListOrganizationalUnitsForParent",
        "organizations:ListParents",
        "organizations:ListRoots"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

IAMAccessAnalyzerReadOnlyAccess

Use the IAMAccessAnalyzerReadOnlyAccess AWS managed policy to allow read-only access to IAM Access Analyzer.

To also allow read-only access to IAM Access Analyzer for AWS Organizations, create a customer managed policy that allows the Describe and List actions from the IAMAccessAnalyzerFullAccess AWS managed policy.

Service-level permissions

This policy provides read-only access to IAM Access Analyzer. No other service permissions are included in this policy.

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "IAMAccessAnalyzerReadOnlyAccess",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "access-analyzer:CheckAccessNotGranted",
        "access-analyzer:CheckNoNewAccess",
        "access-analyzer:Get*",
        "access-analyzer:List*",
        "access-analyzer:ValidatePolicy"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

AccessAnalyzerServiceRolePolicy

You can't attach AccessAnalyzerServiceRolePolicy to your IAM entities. This policy is attached to a service-linked role that allows IAM Access Analyzer to perform actions on your behalf. For more information, see Using service-linked roles for AWS Identity and Access Management and Access Analyzer.

Permissions groupings

This policy allows access to IAM Access Analyzer to analyze resource metadata from multiple AWS services.

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "AccessAnalyzerServiceRolePolicy",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "dynamodb:GetResourcePolicy",
        "dynamodb:ListStreams",
        "dynamodb:ListTables",
        "ec2:DescribeAddresses",
        "ec2:DescribeByoipCidrs",
        "ec2:DescribeSnapshotAttribute",
        "ec2:DescribeSnapshots",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcEndpoints",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcs",
        "ec2:GetSnapshotBlockPublicAccessState",
        "ecr:DescribeRepositories",
        "ecr:GetAccountSetting",
        "ecr:GetRegistryPolicy",
        "ecr:GetRepositoryPolicy",
        "elasticfilesystem:DescribeFileSystemPolicy",
        "elasticfilesystem:DescribeFileSystems",
        "iam:GetRole",
        "iam:ListEntitiesForPolicy",
        "iam:ListRoles",
        "iam:ListUsers",
        "iam:ListRoleTags",
        "iam:ListUserTags",
        "iam:GetUser",
        "iam:GetGroup",
        "iam:GenerateServiceLastAccessedDetails",
        "iam:GetServiceLastAccessedDetails",
        "iam:ListAccessKeys",
        "iam:GetLoginProfile",
        "iam:GetAccessKeyLastUsed",
        "iam:ListRolePolicies",
        "iam:GetRolePolicy",
        "iam:ListAttachedRolePolicies",
        "iam:ListUserPolicies",
        "iam:GetUserPolicy",
        "iam:ListAttachedUserPolicies",
        "iam:GetPolicy",
        "iam:GetPolicyVersion",
        "iam:ListGroupsForUser",
        "kms:DescribeKey",
        "kms:GetKeyPolicy",
        "kms:ListGrants",
        "kms:ListKeyPolicies",
        "kms:ListKeys",
        "lambda:GetFunctionUrlConfig",
        "lambda:GetLayerVersionPolicy",
        "lambda:GetPolicy",
        "lambda:ListAliases",
        "lambda:ListFunctions",
        "lambda:ListLayers",
        "lambda:ListLayerVersions",
        "lambda:ListVersionsByFunction",
        "organizations:DescribeAccount",
        "organizations:DescribeOrganization",
        "organizations:DescribeOrganizationalUnit",
        "organizations:ListAccounts",
        "organizations:ListAccountsForParent",
        "organizations:ListAWSServiceAccessForOrganization",
        "organizations:ListChildren",
        "organizations:ListDelegatedAdministrators",
        "organizations:ListOrganizationalUnitsForParent",
        "organizations:ListParents",
        "organizations:ListRoots",
        "rds:DescribeDBClusterSnapshotAttributes",
        "rds:DescribeDBClusterSnapshots",
        "rds:DescribeDBSnapshotAttributes",
        "rds:DescribeDBSnapshots",
        "s3:DescribeMultiRegionAccessPointOperation",
        "s3:GetAccessPoint",
        "s3:GetAccessPointPolicy",
        "s3:GetAccessPointPolicyStatus",
        "s3:GetAccountPublicAccessBlock",
        "s3:GetBucketAcl",
        "s3:GetBucketLocation",
        "s3:GetBucketPolicyStatus",
        "s3:GetBucketPolicy",
        "s3:GetBucketPublicAccessBlock",
        "s3:GetMultiRegionAccessPoint",
        "s3:GetMultiRegionAccessPointPolicy",
        "s3:GetMultiRegionAccessPointPolicyStatus",
        "s3:ListAccessPoints",
        "s3:ListAllMyBuckets",
        "s3:ListMultiRegionAccessPoints",
        "s3express:GetBucketPolicy",
        "s3express:ListAllMyDirectoryBuckets",
        "sns:GetTopicAttributes",
        "sns:ListTopics",
        "secretsmanager:DescribeSecret",
        "secretsmanager:GetResourcePolicy",
        "secretsmanager:ListSecrets",
        "sqs:GetQueueAttributes",
        "sqs:ListQueues"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

IAMAuditRootUserCredentials

Use the IAMAuditRootUserCredentials AWS managed policy to scope down permissions when you perform a privileged task on an AWS Organizations member account to audit root user credential status of a member account. You can list or get individual root user credential information like:

You can't attach IAMAuditRootUserCredentials to your IAM entities. This policy is attached to AssumeRoot to perform privileged tasks on a member account in your organization. For more information, see Centrally manage root access for member accounts.

{
   "Version": "2012-10-17",
   "Statement": [
      {
         "Sid": "DenyAllOtherActionsOnAnyResource",
         "NotAction": [
            "iam:ListAccessKeys",
            "iam:ListSigningCertificates",
            "iam:GetLoginProfile",
            "iam:ListMFADevices",
            "iam:GetAccountSummary",
            "iam:GetUser",
            "iam:GetAccessKeyLastUsed"  
         ],
         "Effect": "Deny",
         "Resource": "*"
      },
      {
         "Sid": "DenyAuditingCredentialsOnNonRootUserResource",
         "Action": [
            "iam:ListAccessKeys",
            "iam:ListSigningCertificates",
            "iam:GetLoginProfile",
            "iam:ListMFADevices" ,
            "iam:GetUser",
            "iam:GetAccessKeyLastUsed"     
         ],
         "Effect": "Deny",
         "NotResource": "arn:aws:iam::*:root"
      } 
   ]
}

Permissions groupings

This policy is grouped into statements based on the set of permissions provided.

IAMCreateRootUserPassword

Use the IAMCreateRootUserPassword AWS managed policy to scope down permissions when you perform a privileged task on an AWS Organizations member account to allow password recovery for a member account with no root user credentials.

You can't attach IAMCreateRootUserPassword to your IAM entities. This policy is attached to AssumeRoot to perform privileged tasks on a member account in your organization. For more information, see Centrally manage root access for member accounts.

{
   "Version": "2012-10-17",
   "Statement": [
      {
         "Sid": "DenyAllOtherActionsOnAnyResource",
         "NotAction": [
            "iam:CreateLoginProfile",
            "iam:GetLoginProfile"
         ],
         "Effect": "Deny",
         "Resource": "*"
      },
      {
         "Sid": "DenyCreatingPasswordOnNonRootUserResource",
         "Action": [
            "iam:CreateLoginProfile",
            "iam:GetLoginProfile"   
         ],
         "Effect": "Deny",
         "NotResource": "arn:aws:iam::*:root"
      }
   ]
}

Permissions groupings

This policy is grouped into statements based on the set of permissions provided.

IAMDeleteRootUserCredentials

Use the IAMDeleteRootUserCredentials AWS managed policy to scope down permissions when you perform a privileged task on an AWS Organizations member account to remove root user credentials including password, access keys, signing certificates, and deactivating MFA. Additional permissions are required for this privileged action, so you can view last used credential information, verify last used information for the member account root user, and list permissions for all root user credentials to be deleted.

You can't attach IAMDeleteRootUserCredentials to your IAM entities. This policy is attached to AssumeRoot to perform privileged tasks on a member account in your organization. For more information, see Centrally manage root access for member accounts.

{
   "Version": "2012-10-17",
   "Statement": [
      {
         "Sid": "DenyAllOtherActionsOnAnyResource",
         "NotAction": [
            "iam:DeleteAccessKey",
            "iam:DeleteSigningCertificate",
            "iam:DeleteLoginProfile",
            "iam:DeactivateMFADevice",
            "iam:DeleteVirtualMFADevice",
            "iam:ListAccessKeys",
            "iam:ListSigningCertificates",
            "iam:GetLoginProfile",
            "iam:ListMFADevices",
            "iam:GetUser",
            "iam:GetAccessKeyLastUsed"  
         ],
         "Effect": "Deny",
         "Resource": "*"
      },
      {
         "Sid": "DenyDeletingRootUserCredentialsOnNonRootUserResource",
         "Action": [
            "iam:DeleteAccessKey",
            "iam:DeleteSigningCertificate",
            "iam:DeleteLoginProfile",
            "iam:DeactivateMFADevice",
            "iam:DeleteVirtualMFADevice",
            "iam:ListAccessKeys",
            "iam:ListSigningCertificates",
            "iam:GetLoginProfile",
            "iam:ListMFADevices",
            "iam:GetUser",
            "iam:GetAccessKeyLastUsed"  
         ],
         "Effect": "Deny",
         "NotResource": "arn:aws:iam::*:root"
      }
   ]
}

Permissions groupings

This policy is grouped into statements based on the set of permissions provided.

S3UnlockBucketPolicy

Use the S3UnlockBucketPolicy AWS managed policy to scope down permissions when you perform a privileged task on an AWS Organizations member account to remove a misconfigured bucket policy that denies all principals from accessing an Amazon S3 bucket.

You can't attach S3UnlockBucketPolicy to your IAM entities. This policy is attached to AssumeRoot to perform privileged tasks on a member account in your organization. For more information, see Centrally manage root access for member accounts.

{
   "Version": "2012-10-17",
   "Statement": [
      {
         "Sid": "DenyAllOtherActionsOnAnyResource",
         "NotAction": [
            "s3:DeleteBucketPolicy",
            "s3:PutBucketPolicy",
            "s3:GetBucketPolicy",
            "s3:ListAllMyBuckets"
         ],
         "Effect": "Deny",
         "Resource": "*"
      },
      {
         "Sid": "DenyManagingBucketPolicyForNonRootCallers",
         "Action": [
            "s3:DeleteBucketPolicy",
            "s3:PutBucketPolicy",
            "s3:GetBucketPolicy",
            "s3:ListAllMyBuckets"
         ],
         "Effect": "Deny",
         "Resource": "*",
         "Condition" : {
            "StringNotLike" : {
               "aws:PrincipalArn" : "arn:aws:iam::*:root"
            }
         }
      }
   ]
}

Permissions groupings

This policy is grouped into statements based on the set of permissions provided.

SQSUnlockQueuePolicy

Use the SQSUnlockQueuePolicy AWS managed policy to scope down permissions when you perform a privileged task on an AWS Organizations member account to delete an Amazon Simple Queue Service resource-based policy that denies all principals from accessing an Amazon SQS queue.

You can't attach SQSUnlockQueuePolicy to your IAM entities. This policy is attached to AssumeRoot to perform privileged tasks on a member account in your organization. For more information, see Centrally manage root access for member accounts.

{
   "Version": "2012-10-17",
   "Statement": [
      {
         "Sid": "DenyAllOtherActionsOnAnyResource",
         "Effect": "Deny",
         "NotAction": [
            "sqs:SetQueueAttributes",
            "sqs:GetQueueAttributes",
            "sqs:ListQueues",
            "sqs:GetQueueUrl"
         ],
         "Resource": "*"
      },
      {
         "Sid": "DenyGettingQueueAttributesOnNonOwnQueue",
         "Effect": "Deny",
         "Action": [
            "sqs:GetQueueAttributes"
         ],
         "Resource": "arn:aws:sqs:*:*:*",
         "Condition": {
            "StringNotEqualsIfExists": {
               "aws:ResourceAccount": [
               "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
            ]
         }
      }
   },
   {
      "Sid": "DenyActionsForNonRootUser",
      "Effect": "Deny",
      "Action": [
        "sqs:SetQueueAttributes",
        "sqs:GetQueueAttributes",
        "sqs:ListQueues",
        "sqs:GetQueueUrl"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition" : {
         "StringNotLike" : {
            "aws:PrincipalArn" : "arn:aws:iam::*:root"
            }
         }
      }
   ]
}

Permissions groupings

This policy is grouped into statements based on the set of permissions provided.

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