AmazonGuardDutyServiceRolePolicy

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Summary

Enable access to AWS Resources used or managed by Amazon Guard Duty

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/aws-service-role/AmazonGuardDutyServiceRolePolicy
Default version: v13
Created: 2017-11-28
Last edited: 2026-09-09
Services: cloudtrail, ec2, ecs, eks, iam, lambda, organizations, s3, ssm, vpc-lattice

Control-plane actions (56)

By access level: 13 List, 1 Permissions management, 18 Read, 3 Tagging, 21 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
CloudTrail	1 of 66	1 Write; 1 restricted, 1 conditional	cloudtrail:CreateServiceLinkedChannel
EC2	19 of 834	9 List, 1 Tagging, 9 Write; 10 restricted, 7 conditional	ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupEgress, ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress, ec2:CreateSecurityGroup, ec2:CreateTags, ec2:CreateVpcEndpoint, ec2:DeleteSecurityGroup, ec2:DeleteVpcEndpoints, ec2:DescribeImages, ec2:DescribeInstances, ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups, ec2:DescribeSubnets, ec2:DescribeTransitGatewayAttachments and 7 more
Elastic Container Service	5 of 92	1 List, 3 Read, 1 Write; 1 restricted, 1 conditional	ecs:DescribeClusters, ecs:DescribeTaskDefinition, ecs:DescribeTasks, ecs:ListClusters, ecs:PutAccountSettingDefault
EKS	7 of 74	1 List, 2 Read, 1 Tagging, 3 Write; 5 restricted, 2 conditional	eks:CreateAddon, eks:DeleteAddon, eks:DescribeAddon, eks:DescribeCluster, eks:ListClusters, eks:TagResource, eks:UpdateAddon
IAM	1 of 190	1 Write; 1 restricted, 1 conditional	iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole
Lambda	2 of 121	2 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	lambda:GetFunctionConfiguration, lambda:ListTags
Organizations	3 of 63	1 List, 2 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	organizations:DescribeAccount, organizations:DescribeOrganization, organizations:ListAccounts
S3	8 of 155	1 List, 7 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	s3:GetAccountPublicAccessBlock, s3:GetBucketAcl, s3:GetBucketPolicy, s3:GetBucketPolicyStatus, s3:GetBucketPublicAccessBlock, s3:GetBucketTagging, s3:GetEncryptionConfiguration, s3:ListAllMyBuckets
Systems Manager	8 of 164	2 Read, 1 Tagging, 5 Write; 7 restricted, 4 conditional	ssm:AddTagsToResource, ssm:CreateAssociation, ssm:DeleteAssociation, ssm:DescribeAssociation, ssm:GetCommandInvocation, ssm:SendCommand, ssm:StartAssociationsOnce, ssm:UpdateAssociation
VPC Lattice	2 of 75	1 Permissions management, 1 Write; 1 restricted, 1 conditional	vpc-lattice:AssociateViaAWSService, vpc-lattice:CreateServiceNetworkVpcAssociation

CloudTrail: 1 actions

cloudtrail:CreateServiceLinkedChannel (Write)

EC2: 19 actions

ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupEgress (Write)
ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress (Write)
ec2:CreateSecurityGroup (Write)
ec2:CreateTags (Tagging)
ec2:CreateVpcEndpoint (Write)
ec2:DeleteSecurityGroup (Write)
ec2:DeleteVpcEndpoints (Write)
ec2:DescribeImages (List)
ec2:DescribeInstances (List)
ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups (List)
ec2:DescribeSubnets (List)
ec2:DescribeTransitGatewayAttachments (List)
ec2:DescribeVpcEndpointServices (List)
ec2:DescribeVpcEndpoints (List)
ec2:DescribeVpcPeeringConnections (List)
ec2:DescribeVpcs (List)
ec2:ModifyVpcEndpoint (Write)
ec2:RevokeSecurityGroupEgress (Write)
ec2:RevokeSecurityGroupIngress (Write)

Elastic Container Service: 5 actions

ecs:DescribeClusters (Read)
ecs:DescribeTaskDefinition (Read)
ecs:DescribeTasks (Read)
ecs:ListClusters (List)
ecs:PutAccountSettingDefault (Write)

EKS: 7 actions

eks:CreateAddon (Write)
eks:DeleteAddon (Write)
eks:DescribeAddon (Read)
eks:DescribeCluster (Read)
eks:ListClusters (List)
eks:TagResource (Tagging)
eks:UpdateAddon (Write)

IAM: 1 actions

iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole (Write)

Lambda: 2 actions

lambda:GetFunctionConfiguration (Read)
lambda:ListTags (Read)

Organizations: 3 actions

organizations:DescribeAccount (Read)
organizations:DescribeOrganization (Read)
organizations:ListAccounts (List)

S3: 8 actions

s3:GetAccountPublicAccessBlock (Read)
s3:GetBucketAcl (Read)
s3:GetBucketPolicy (Read)
s3:GetBucketPolicyStatus (Read)
s3:GetBucketPublicAccessBlock (Read)
s3:GetBucketTagging (Read)
s3:GetEncryptionConfiguration (Read)
s3:ListAllMyBuckets (List)

Systems Manager: 8 actions

ssm:AddTagsToResource (Tagging)
ssm:CreateAssociation (Write)
ssm:DeleteAssociation (Write)
ssm:DescribeAssociation (Read)
ssm:GetCommandInvocation (Read)
ssm:SendCommand (Write)
ssm:StartAssociationsOnce (Write)
ssm:UpdateAssociation (Write)

VPC Lattice: 2 actions

vpc-lattice:AssociateViaAWSService (Permissions management)
vpc-lattice:CreateServiceNetworkVpcAssociation (Write)

Data-plane actions (1)

By access level: 1 List.

Data-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
S3	1 of 25	1 List; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	s3:ListBucket

S3: 1 actions

s3:ListBucket (List)

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 25 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": [
    {
      "Sid": "GuardDutyGetDescribeListPolicy",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:DescribeInstances",
        "ec2:DescribeImages",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcEndpoints",
        "ec2:DescribeSubnets",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcPeeringConnections",
        "ec2:DescribeTransitGatewayAttachments",
        "organizations:ListAccounts",
        "organizations:DescribeAccount",
        "organizations:DescribeOrganization",
        "s3:GetBucketPublicAccessBlock",
        "s3:GetEncryptionConfiguration",
        "s3:GetBucketTagging",
        "s3:GetAccountPublicAccessBlock",
        "s3:ListAllMyBuckets",
        "s3:ListBucket",
        "s3:GetBucketAcl",
        "s3:GetBucketPolicy",
        "s3:GetBucketPolicyStatus",
        "lambda:GetFunctionConfiguration",
        "lambda:ListTags",
        "eks:ListClusters",
        "eks:DescribeCluster",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcEndpointServices",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcs",
        "ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups",
        "ecs:ListClusters",
        "ecs:DescribeClusters",
        "ecs:DescribeTasks",
        "ecs:DescribeTaskDefinition"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "GuardDutyCreateSLRPolicy",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole",
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "iam:AWSServiceName": "malware-protection.guardduty.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "GuardDutyCreateVpcEndpointPolicy",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "ec2:CreateVpcEndpoint",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:vpc-endpoint/*",
      "Condition": {
        "ForAnyValue:StringEquals": {
          "aws:TagKeys": "GuardDutyManaged"
        },
        "StringLike": {
          "ec2:VpceServiceName": [
            "com.amazonaws.*.guardduty-data",
            "com.amazonaws.*.guardduty-data-fips"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "GuardDutyModifyDeleteVpcEndpointPolicy",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:ModifyVpcEndpoint",
        "ec2:DeleteVpcEndpoints"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:vpc-endpoint/*",
      "Condition": {
        "Null": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/GuardDutyManaged": false
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "GuardDutyCreateModifyVpcEndpointNetworkPolicy",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CreateVpcEndpoint",
        "ec2:ModifyVpcEndpoint"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:vpc/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:security-group/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:subnet/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "GuardDutyCreateTagsDuringVpcEndpointCreationPolicy",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "ec2:CreateTags",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:vpc-endpoint/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "ec2:CreateAction": "CreateVpcEndpoint"
        },
        "ForAnyValue:StringEquals": {
          "aws:TagKeys": "GuardDutyManaged"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "GuardDutySecurityGroupManagementPolicy",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress",
        "ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupEgress",
        "ec2:RevokeSecurityGroupIngress",
        "ec2:RevokeSecurityGroupEgress",
        "ec2:DeleteSecurityGroup"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:security-group/*",
      "Condition": {
        "Null": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/GuardDutyManaged": false
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "GuardDutyCreateSecurityGroupPolicy",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "ec2:CreateSecurityGroup",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:security-group/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringLike": {
          "aws:RequestTag/GuardDutyManaged": "*"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "GuardDutyCreateSecurityGroupForVpcPolicy",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "ec2:CreateSecurityGroup",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:vpc/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "GuardDutyCreateTagsDuringSecurityGroupCreationPolicy",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "ec2:CreateTags",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:security-group/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "ec2:CreateAction": "CreateSecurityGroup"
        },
        "ForAnyValue:StringEquals": {
          "aws:TagKeys": "GuardDutyManaged"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "GuardDutyCreateEksAddonPolicy",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "eks:CreateAddon",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:eks:*:*:cluster/*",
      "Condition": {
        "ForAnyValue:StringEquals": {
          "aws:TagKeys": "GuardDutyManaged"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "GuardDutyEksAddonManagementPolicy",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "eks:DeleteAddon",
        "eks:UpdateAddon",
        "eks:DescribeAddon"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:eks:*:*:addon/*/aws-guardduty-agent/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "GuardDutyEksClusterTagResourcePolicy",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "eks:TagResource",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:eks:*:*:cluster/*",
      "Condition": {
        "ForAnyValue:StringEquals": {
          "aws:TagKeys": "GuardDutyManaged"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "GuardDutyEcsPutAccountSettingsDefaultPolicy",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "ecs:PutAccountSettingDefault",
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "ecs:account-setting": [
            "guardDutyActivate"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "SsmCreateDescribeUpdateDeleteStartAssociationPermission",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:DescribeAssociation",
        "ssm:DeleteAssociation",
        "ssm:UpdateAssociation",
        "ssm:CreateAssociation",
        "ssm:StartAssociationsOnce"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:association/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/GuardDutyManaged": "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "SsmAddTagsToResourcePermission",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:AddTagsToResource"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:association/*",
      "Condition": {
        "ForAllValues:StringEquals": {
          "aws:TagKeys": [
            "GuardDutyManaged"
          ]
        },
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/GuardDutyManaged": "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "SsmCreateUpdateAssociationInstanceDocumentPermission",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:CreateAssociation",
        "ssm:UpdateAssociation"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:document/AmazonGuardDuty-ConfigureRuntimeMonitoringSsmPlugin"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "SsmSendCommandPermission",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "ssm:SendCommand",
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*",
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:document/AmazonGuardDuty-ConfigureRuntimeMonitoringSsmPlugin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "SsmGetCommandStatus",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "ssm:GetCommandInvocation",
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "CloudTrailCreateServiceLinkedChannelSid",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "cloudtrail:CreateServiceLinkedChannel"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:cloudtrail:*:*:channel/aws-service-channel/guardduty/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceAccount": "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "GdLatticeCreateManagedSnvaAssociation",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "vpc-lattice:CreateServiceNetworkVpcAssociation",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:vpc-lattice:*:*:servicenetworkvpcassociation/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceAccount": "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "GdLatticeAssociateViaAwsService",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "vpc-lattice:AssociateViaAWSService",
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v13, edited by AWS on 2026-09-09. Version history is recorded from 2026-11-11. Earlier versions are in the IAM console under Policy versions.

Attach snippets

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

Sources

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