AWS-SSM-RemediationAutomation-ExecutionRolePolicy

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Summary

Provides permissions for Remediating issues with SSM services by executing activities defined within Automation Documents, primarily used for running the Automation documents in a target account/region setup by remediating SSM services health across all nodes.

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWS-SSM-RemediationAutomation-ExecutionRolePolicy
Default version: v4
Created: 2024-11-16
Last edited: 2026-02-12
Services: ec2, iam, kms, ssm

Control-plane actions (19)

By access level: 5 List, 3 Read, 1 Tagging, 10 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
EC2	12 of 834	5 List, 1 Tagging, 6 Write; 7 restricted, 4 conditional	ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupEgress, ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress, ec2:CreateSecurityGroup, ec2:CreateTags, ec2:CreateVpcEndpoint, ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups, ec2:DescribeSubnets, ec2:DescribeVpcAttribute, ec2:DescribeVpcEndpoints, ec2:DescribeVpcs, ec2:ModifyVpcAttribute, ec2:RevokeSecurityGroupEgress
IAM	1 of 190	1 Write; 1 restricted, 1 conditional	iam:PassRole
KMS	2 of 58	2 Write; 2 restricted, 2 conditional	kms:Decrypt, kms:GenerateDataKey
Systems Manager	4 of 164	3 Read, 1 Write; 1 restricted, 0 conditional	ssm:DescribeAutomationExecutions, ssm:DescribeAutomationStepExecutions, ssm:GetAutomationExecution, ssm:StartAutomationExecution

EC2: 12 actions

ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupEgress (Write)
ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress (Write)
ec2:CreateSecurityGroup (Write)
ec2:CreateTags (Tagging)
ec2:CreateVpcEndpoint (Write)
ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups (List)
ec2:DescribeSubnets (List)
ec2:DescribeVpcAttribute (List)
ec2:DescribeVpcEndpoints (List)
ec2:DescribeVpcs (List)
ec2:ModifyVpcAttribute (Write)
ec2:RevokeSecurityGroupEgress (Write)

IAM: 1 actions

iam:PassRole (Write)

KMS: 2 actions

kms:Decrypt (Write)
kms:GenerateDataKey (Write)

Systems Manager: 4 actions

ssm:DescribeAutomationExecutions (Read)
ssm:DescribeAutomationStepExecutions (Read)
ssm:GetAutomationExecution (Read)
ssm:StartAutomationExecution (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: Yes, to users, groups and roles.

Why this tier

Grants 11 write, tagging or permissions-management actions, short of full control of any service.
Grants iam:PassRole, but only for scoped roles or under conditions (for example iam:PassedToService).

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": "AllowReadOnlyAccessSSMResource",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:GetAutomationExecution",
        "ssm:DescribeAutomationExecutions",
        "ssm:DescribeAutomationStepExecutions"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowReadOnlyAccessEC2Resource",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:DescribeVpcAttribute",
        "ec2:DescribeSubnets",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcs",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcEndpoints",
        "ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowCreateVpcEndpointForTaggedSecurityGroup",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CreateVpcEndpoint"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:security-group/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/SystemsManager::FindingNetworkingSecurityGroups::VPCE::SG": "VPCEndpointSecurityGroup"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowCreateVpcEndpoint",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CreateVpcEndpoint"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:vpc/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:subnet/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "RestrictCreateVpcEndpointForSSMService",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CreateVpcEndpoint"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:vpc-endpoint/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringLike": {
          "ec2:VpceServiceName": [
            "com.amazonaws.*.ssm",
            "com.amazonaws.*.ssmmessages",
            "com.amazonaws.*.ec2messages"
          ]
        },
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:RequestTag/SystemsManager::FindingNetworkingVPCEndpoints::VPCE": "VPCEndpoint"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "RestrictCreateVpcEndpointWithTag",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "ec2:CreateTags",
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:vpc-endpoint/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:RequestTag/SystemsManager::FindingNetworkingVPCEndpoints::VPCE": "VPCEndpoint",
          "ec2:CreateAction": [
            "CreateVpcEndpoint"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowModifyVpcAttributeForDns",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:ModifyVpcAttribute"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:vpc/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "ec2:Attribute": [
            "EnableDnsSupport",
            "EnableDnsHostnames"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowSecurityGroupRuleUpdate",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupEgress"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:security-group/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowSecurityGroupRuleUpdateForTaggedResource",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:RevokeSecurityGroupEgress",
        "ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:security-group/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/SystemsManager::FindingNetworkingSecurityGroups::VPCE::SG": "VPCEndpointSecurityGroup"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowSecurityGroupRuleUpdateWithTag",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupEgress",
        "ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:security-group-rule/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:RequestTag/SystemsManager::FindingNetworkingSecurityGroups::SG::Rule": "HTTPSAccess"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowSecurityGroupRuleUpdateTagRule",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "ec2:CreateTags",
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:security-group-rule/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:RequestTag/SystemsManager::FindingNetworkingSecurityGroups::SG::Rule": "HTTPSAccess",
          "ec2:CreateAction": [
            "AuthorizeSecurityGroupEgress",
            "AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowCreateSecurityGroupForVPCEndpoint",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CreateSecurityGroup"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:vpc/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowCreateSecurityGroupWithTag",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CreateSecurityGroup"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:security-group/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:RequestTag/SystemsManager::FindingNetworkingSecurityGroups::VPCE::SG": "VPCEndpointSecurityGroup"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowTagCreationForSecurityGroupTags",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "ec2:CreateTags",
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:security-group/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:RequestTag/SystemsManager::FindingNetworkingSecurityGroups::VPCE::SG": "VPCEndpointSecurityGroup",
          "ec2:CreateAction": [
            "CreateSecurityGroup"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowExecuteSSMAutomation",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:StartAutomationExecution"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:document/AWS-OrchestrateUnmanagedEC2Actions",
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:document/AWS-RemediateSSMAgent*",
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:automation-execution/*",
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:automation-definition/AWS-OrchestrateUnmanagedEC2Actions:*",
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:automation-definition/AWS-RemediateSSMAgent*:*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowKMSOperations",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "kms:Decrypt",
        "kms:GenerateDataKey"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:kms:*:*:key/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/SystemsManagerManaged": "true"
        },
        "ArnLike": {
          "kms:EncryptionContext:aws:s3:arn": "arn:aws:s3:::do-not-delete-ssm-diagnosis-*"
        },
        "StringLike": {
          "kms:ViaService": "s3.*.amazonaws.com"
        },
        "Bool": {
          "aws:ViaAWSService": "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowPassRoleOnSelfToSsm",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "iam:PassRole",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:role/AWS-SSM-RemediationExecutionRole*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "iam:PassedToService": "ssm.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v4, edited by AWS on 2026-02-12. Version history is recorded from 2026-11-11. Earlier versions are in the IAM console under Policy versions.

Attach snippets

AWS CLI

aws iam attach-role-policy --role-name ROLE_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWS-SSM-RemediationAutomation-ExecutionRolePolicy
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWS-SSM-RemediationAutomation-ExecutionRolePolicy
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWS-SSM-RemediationAutomation-ExecutionRolePolicy

CloudFormation

Resources:
  ExampleRole:
    Type: AWS::IAM::Role
    Properties:
      AssumeRolePolicyDocument: {}  # replace with your trust policy
      ManagedPolicyArns:
        - arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWS-SSM-RemediationAutomation-ExecutionRolePolicy

Terraform

resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "aws_ssm_remediationautomation_executionrolepolicy" {
  role       = aws_iam_role.example.name
  policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWS-SSM-RemediationAutomation-ExecutionRolePolicy"
}

CDK (TypeScript)

role.addManagedPolicy(
  iam.ManagedPolicy.fromAwsManagedPolicyName("AWS-SSM-RemediationAutomation-ExecutionRolePolicy"),
);

Sources

Pending editorial review. No editorial sources are listed yet.