AmazonCognitoIdpServiceRolePolicy

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Summary

Enables access to AWS services and Resources used or managed by Amazon Cognito User Pools

Permissions imported from the AWS Managed Policy Reference Guide; other sections pending editorial review.

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/aws-service-role/AmazonCognitoIdpServiceRolePolicy
Default version: v2
Created: 2020-06-26
Last edited: 2026-11-10
Services: cognito-idp, secretsmanager

Control-plane actions (19)

By access level: 12 Read, 7 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
Cognito User Pools	11 of 139	11 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	cognito-idp:Describe*
Secrets Manager	8 of 27	1 Read, 7 Write; 8 restricted, 8 conditional	secretsmanager:DeleteSecret, secretsmanager:DescribeSecret, secretsmanager:PutSecretValue, secretsmanager:RemoveRegionsFromReplication, secretsmanager:ReplicateSecretToRegions, secretsmanager:RestoreSecret, secretsmanager:RotateSecret, secretsmanager:UpdateSecretVersionStage

Cognito User Pools: 11 actions

cognito-idp:DescribeIdentityProvider (Read)
cognito-idp:DescribeManagedLoginBranding (Read)
cognito-idp:DescribeManagedLoginBrandingByClient (Read)
cognito-idp:DescribeResourceServer (Read)
cognito-idp:DescribeRiskConfiguration (Read)
cognito-idp:DescribeTerms (Read)
cognito-idp:DescribeTermsByClient (Read)
cognito-idp:DescribeUserImportJob (Read)
cognito-idp:DescribeUserPool (Read)
cognito-idp:DescribeUserPoolClient (Read)
cognito-idp:DescribeUserPoolDomain (Read)

Secrets Manager: 8 actions

secretsmanager:DeleteSecret (Write)
secretsmanager:DescribeSecret (Read)
secretsmanager:PutSecretValue (Write)
secretsmanager:RemoveRegionsFromReplication (Write)
secretsmanager:ReplicateSecretToRegions (Write)
secretsmanager:RestoreSecret (Write)
secretsmanager:RotateSecret (Write)
secretsmanager:UpdateSecretVersionStage (Write)

Data-plane actions (0)

By access level: none.

This policy grants no actions in this plane.

Excluded and conditional actions

No patterns are excluded by NotAction or Deny statements.

Resource scope and attachment

Resource scope across granted actions: mixed.

Can be attached: No (service-linked role policy).

Why this tier

Grants 7 write, tagging or permissions-management actions, short of full control of any service.

Guidance

Pending editorial review. The permission data on this page comes straight from AWS; this section will be filled in once a reviewed guide exists.

Same service

Same domain

Frequently asked questions

Pending editorial review. The permission data on this page comes straight from AWS; this section will be filled in once a reviewed guide exists.

Policy JSON

Download policy.json

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "cognito-idp:Describe*"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "SecretsManagerSecret",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "secretsmanager:DeleteSecret",
        "secretsmanager:RestoreSecret",
        "secretsmanager:DescribeSecret",
        "secretsmanager:PutSecretValue",
        "secretsmanager:UpdateSecretVersionStage",
        "secretsmanager:RotateSecret",
        "secretsmanager:ReplicateSecretToRegions",
        "secretsmanager:RemoveRegionsFromReplication"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:secretsmanager:*:*:secret:cognito-idp!*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "secretsmanager:ResourceTag/aws:secretsmanager:owningService": "cognito-idp",
          "aws:ResourceAccount": "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v2, edited by AWS on 2026-11-10.

v1 to v2, detected 2026-11-13: 8 added, 0 removed.

Version change details

Attach snippets

This policy cannot be attached to users, groups or roles, so there are no attach snippets.

Sources

Pending editorial review. No editorial sources are listed yet.