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This page lists the unique sets of permissions that could allow one AWS IAM principal to either escalate their own privileges or access another AWS IAM principal.
Path ID Path Name Category OSS Detection
APPRUNNER-001
iam:PassRole + apprunner:CreateService New Passrole
APPRUNNER-002
apprunner:UpdateService Existing Passrole
BEDROCK-001
iam:PassRole + bedrock-agentcore:CreateCodeInterpreter + bedrock-agentcore:StartCodeInterpreterSession + bedrock-agentcore:InvokeCodeInterpreter New Passrole PR
BEDROCK-002
bedrock-agentcore:StartCodeInterpreterSession + bedrock-agentcore:InvokeCodeInterpreter Existing Passrole
CLOUDFORMATION-001
iam:PassRole + cloudformation:CreateStack New Passrole PMCSPR
CLOUDFORMATION-002
cloudformation:UpdateStack Existing Passrole PM
CLOUDFORMATION-003
iam:PassRole + cloudformation:CreateStackSet + cloudformation:CreateStackInstances New Passrole
CLOUDFORMATION-004
iam:PassRole + cloudformation:UpdateStackSet New Passrole
CLOUDFORMATION-005
cloudformation:CreateChangeSet + cloudformation:ExecuteChangeSet New Passrole PM
CODEBUILD-001
iam:PassRole + codebuild:CreateProject + codebuild:StartBuild New Passrole PM
CODEBUILD-002
codebuild:StartBuild Existing Passrole PM
CODEBUILD-003
codebuild:StartBuildBatch Existing Passrole PM
CODEBUILD-004
iam:PassRole + codebuild:CreateProject + codebuild:StartBuildBatch New Passrole PM
DATAPIPELINE-001
iam:PassRole + datapipeline:CreatePipeline + datapipeline:PutPipelineDefinition + datapipeline:ActivatePipeline New Passrole PR
EC2-001
iam:PassRole + ec2:RunInstances New Passrole PMPACSPR
EC2-002
ec2:ModifyInstanceAttribute + ec2:StopInstances + ec2:StartInstances Existing Passrole
EC2-003
iam:PassRole + ec2:RequestSpotInstances New Passrole
EC2-004
ec2:CreateLaunchTemplateVersion + ec2:ModifyLaunchTemplate Existing Passrole
EC2INSTANCECONNECT-003
ec2-instance-connect:SendSSHPublicKey Existing Passrole
ECS-001
iam:PassRole + ecs:CreateCluster + ecs:RegisterTaskDefinition + ecs:CreateService New Passrole
ECS-002
iam:PassRole + ecs:CreateCluster + ecs:RegisterTaskDefinition + ecs:RunTask New Passrole
ECS-003
iam:PassRole + ecs:RegisterTaskDefinition + ecs:CreateService New Passrole
ECS-004
iam:PassRole + ecs:RegisterTaskDefinition + ecs:RunTask New Passrole
ECS-005
iam:PassRole + ecs:RegisterTaskDefinition + ecs:StartTask New Passrole
GLUE-001
iam:PassRole + glue:CreateDevEndpoint New Passrole CSPR
GLUE-002
glue:UpdateDevEndpoint Existing Passrole CSPAPR
GLUE-003
iam:PassRole + glue:CreateJob + glue:StartJobRun New Passrole
GLUE-004
iam:PassRole + glue:CreateJob + glue:CreateTrigger New Passrole
GLUE-005
iam:PassRole + glue:UpdateJob + glue:StartJobRun New Passrole
GLUE-006
iam:PassRole + glue:UpdateJob + glue:CreateTrigger New Passrole
IAM-001
iam:CreatePolicyVersion Self Escalation CSPAPR
IAM-002
iam:CreateAccessKey Principal Access PMCSPAPR
IAM-003
iam:CreateAccessKey + iam:DeleteAccessKey Principal Access PM
IAM-004
iam:CreateLoginProfile Principal Access PMCSPAPR
IAM-005
iam:PutRolePolicy Self Escalation CSPAPR
IAM-006
iam:UpdateLoginProfile Principal Access PMCSPAPR
IAM-007
iam:PutUserPolicy Self Escalation CSPAPR
IAM-008
iam:AttachUserPolicy Self Escalation CSPAPR
IAM-009
iam:AttachRolePolicy Self Escalation CSPAPR
IAM-010
iam:AttachGroupPolicy Self Escalation CSPAPR
IAM-011
iam:PutGroupPolicy Self Escalation CSPAPR
IAM-012
iam:UpdateAssumeRolePolicy Principal Access PMCSPAPR
IAM-013
iam:AddUserToGroup Self Escalation CSPAPR
IAM-014
iam:AttachRolePolicy + sts:AssumeRole Principal Access CSPAPR
IAM-015
iam:AttachUserPolicy + iam:CreateAccessKey Principal Access
IAM-016
iam:CreatePolicyVersion + sts:AssumeRole Principal Access
IAM-017
iam:PutRolePolicy + sts:AssumeRole Principal Access PR
IAM-018
iam:PutUserPolicy + iam:CreateAccessKey Principal Access
IAM-019
iam:AttachRolePolicy + iam:UpdateAssumeRolePolicy Principal Access
IAM-020
iam:CreatePolicyVersion + iam:UpdateAssumeRolePolicy Principal Access
IAM-021
iam:PutRolePolicy + iam:UpdateAssumeRolePolicy Principal Access
LAMBDA-001
iam:PassRole + lambda:CreateFunction + lambda:InvokeFunction New Passrole CSPR
LAMBDA-002
iam:PassRole + lambda:CreateFunction + lambda:CreateEventSourceMapping New Passrole PA
LAMBDA-003
lambda:UpdateFunctionCode Existing Passrole PMCSPAPR
LAMBDA-004
lambda:UpdateFunctionCode + lambda:InvokeFunction Existing Passrole PAPR
LAMBDA-005
lambda:UpdateFunctionCode + lambda:AddPermission Existing Passrole
LAMBDA-006
iam:PassRole + lambda:CreateFunction + lambda:AddPermission New Passrole PA
SAGEMAKER-001
iam:PassRole + sagemaker:CreateNotebookInstance New Passrole PM
SAGEMAKER-002
iam:PassRole + sagemaker:CreateTrainingJob New Passrole PM
SAGEMAKER-003
iam:PassRole + sagemaker:CreateProcessingJob New Passrole PM
SAGEMAKER-004
sagemaker:CreatePresignedNotebookInstanceUrl Existing Passrole
SAGEMAKER-005
sagemaker:CreateNotebookInstanceLifecycleConfig + sagemaker:StopNotebookInstance + sagemaker:UpdateNotebookInstance + sagemaker:StartNotebookInstance Existing Passrole
SSM-001
ssm:StartSession Existing Passrole PM
SSM-002
ssm:SendCommand Existing Passrole PM
STS-001
sts:AssumeRole Principal Access PM