AWSSecurityHubServiceRolePolicy

Summary

A service-linked role required for AWS Security Hub to access your resources.

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

Identity

ARN

arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/aws-service-role/AWSSecurityHubServiceRolePolicyCopy ARN

Default version

v16

Created

2018-11-27

Last edited

2026-06-27

Services

cloudtrail, cloudwatch, config, iam, logs, organizations, securityhub, sns, tag

Control-plane actions (55)

By access level: 11 List, 24 Read, 20 Write.

Data-plane actions (1)

By access level: 1 Read.

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 20 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.

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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": "SecurityHubServiceRolePermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "cloudtrail:DescribeTrails",
        "cloudtrail:GetTrailStatus",
        "cloudtrail:GetEventSelectors",
        "cloudwatch:DescribeAlarms",
        "cloudwatch:DescribeAlarmsForMetric",
        "logs:DescribeMetricFilters",
        "sns:ListSubscriptionsByTopic",
        "config:DescribeConfigurationRecorders",
        "config:DescribeConfigurationRecorderStatus",
        "config:DescribeConfigRules",
        "config:DescribeConfigRuleEvaluationStatus",
        "config:BatchGetResourceConfig",
        "config:SelectResourceConfig",
        "iam:GenerateCredentialReport",
        "organizations:ListAccounts",
        "config:PutEvaluations",
        "tag:GetResources",
        "iam:GetCredentialReport",
        "organizations:DescribeAccount",
        "organizations:DescribeOrganization",
        "organizations:ListChildren",
        "organizations:ListAWSServiceAccessForOrganization",
        "organizations:DescribeOrganizationalUnit",
        "securityhub:BatchDisableStandards",
        "securityhub:BatchEnableStandards",
        "securityhub:BatchUpdateStandardsControlAssociations",
        "securityhub:BatchGetSecurityControls",
        "securityhub:BatchGetStandardsControlAssociations",
        "securityhub:CreateMembers",
        "securityhub:DeleteMembers",
        "securityhub:DescribeHub",
        "securityhub:DescribeOrganizationConfiguration",
        "securityhub:DescribeStandards",
        "securityhub:DescribeStandardsControls",
        "securityhub:DisassociateFromAdministratorAccount",
        "securityhub:DisassociateMembers",
        "securityhub:DisableSecurityHub",
        "securityhub:EnableSecurityHub",
        "securityhub:GetEnabledStandards",
        "securityhub:ListStandardsControlAssociations",
        "securityhub:ListSecurityControlDefinitions",
        "securityhub:UpdateOrganizationConfiguration",
        "securityhub:UpdateSecurityControl",
        "securityhub:UpdateSecurityHubConfiguration",
        "securityhub:UpdateStandardsControl"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "SecurityHubServiceRoleConfigPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "config:PutConfigRule",
        "config:DeleteConfigRule",
        "config:GetComplianceDetailsByConfigRule"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:config:*:*:config-rule/aws-service-rule/*securityhub*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "SecurityHubServiceRoleOrganizationsPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "organizations:ListDelegatedAdministrators"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "organizations:ServicePrincipal": [
            "securityhub.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "SecurityHubCSPMServiceRoleConfig",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "config:PutServiceLinkedConfigurationRecorder",
        "config:PutThirdPartyServiceLinkedConfigurationRecorder",
        "config:DeleteServiceLinkedConfigurationRecorder",
        "config:DescribeConfigurationRecorders",
        "config:DescribeConfigurationRecorderStatus"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:config:*:*:configuration-recorder/*ConfigurationRecorderForSecurityHubCSPM*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "SecurityHubCSPMServiceRoleConfigListAndGet",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "config:ListConfigurationRecorders",
        "config:GetConnector"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "SecurityHubCSPMServiceRoleIamPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:role/aws-service-role/config.amazonaws.com/AWSServiceRoleForConfig",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "iam:AWSServiceName": "config.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "SecurityHubCSPMServiceRoleConfigMetricsPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "cloudwatch:GetMetricData",
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v16, edited by AWS on 2026-06-27. 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

Pending editorial review. No editorial sources are listed yet.

• Official AWS reference for AWSSecurityHubServiceRolePolicy
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