AWSManagedAccountManagementAccess

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Summary

Grants AWS permissions to update and maintain AWS managed roles for AWS managed accounts

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSManagedAccountManagementAccess
Default version: v2
Created: 2026-07-20
Last edited: 2026-10-01
Services: iam, sts

Control-plane actions (16)

By access level: 2 List, 7 Permissions management, 1 Read, 2 Tagging, 4 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
IAM	15 of 190	2 List, 7 Permissions management, 1 Read, 2 Tagging, 3 Write; 15 restricted, 0 conditional	iam:AttachRolePolicy, iam:CreateRole, iam:DeleteRole, iam:DeleteRolePermissionsBoundary, iam:DeleteRolePolicy, iam:DetachRolePolicy, iam:GetRole, iam:ListAttachedRolePolicies, iam:ListRolePolicies, iam:PutRolePermissionsBoundary, iam:PutRolePolicy, iam:TagRole and 3 more
STS	1 of 16	1 Write; 1 restricted, 1 conditional	sts:AssumeRole

IAM: 15 actions

iam:AttachRolePolicy (Permissions management)
iam:CreateRole (Write)
iam:DeleteRole (Write)
iam:DeleteRolePermissionsBoundary (Permissions management)
iam:DeleteRolePolicy (Permissions management)
iam:DetachRolePolicy (Permissions management)
iam:GetRole (Read)
iam:ListAttachedRolePolicies (List)
iam:ListRolePolicies (List)
iam:PutRolePermissionsBoundary (Permissions management)
iam:PutRolePolicy (Permissions management)
iam:TagRole (Tagging)
iam:UntagRole (Tagging)
iam:UpdateAssumeRolePolicy (Permissions management)
iam:UpdateRole (Write)

STS: 1 actions

sts:AssumeRole (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: scoped.

Can be attached: Yes, to users, groups and roles.

Why this tier

Grants 13 write, tagging or permissions-management actions, short of full control of any service.
Grants permissions-management actions on iam, but only for scoped resources or under conditions.

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": [
        "iam:AttachRolePolicy",
        "iam:CreateRole",
        "iam:DeleteRole",
        "iam:DeleteRolePermissionsBoundary",
        "iam:DeleteRolePolicy",
        "iam:DetachRolePolicy",
        "iam:GetRole",
        "iam:ListAttachedRolePolicies",
        "iam:ListRolePolicies",
        "iam:PutRolePermissionsBoundary",
        "iam:PutRolePolicy",
        "iam:TagRole",
        "iam:UntagRole",
        "iam:UpdateAssumeRolePolicy",
        "iam:UpdateRole"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:*:iam::*:role/managed/*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "sts:AssumeRole",
      "Resource": "arn:*:iam::*:role/managed/AWSManagedAccountManagementAccessRole",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceOrgID": "${aws:PrincipalOrgID}"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v2, edited by AWS on 2026-10-01. 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/AWSManagedAccountManagementAccess
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSManagedAccountManagementAccess
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSManagedAccountManagementAccess

CloudFormation

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

Terraform

resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "awsmanagedaccountmanagementaccess" {
  role       = aws_iam_role.example.name
  policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSManagedAccountManagementAccess"
}

CDK (TypeScript)

role.addManagedPolicy(
  iam.ManagedPolicy.fromAwsManagedPolicyName("AWSManagedAccountManagementAccess"),
);

Sources

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