AWSSSOServiceRolePolicy

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Summary

Grants AWS SSO permissions to manage AWS resources, including IAM roles, policies and SAML IdP on your behalf.

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/aws-service-role/AWSSSOServiceRolePolicy
Default version: v18
Created: 2017-12-05
Last edited: 2025-02-11
Services: ds, iam, identity-sync, identitystore, organizations

Control-plane actions (34)

By access level: 9 List, 7 Permissions management, 8 Read, 10 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
Directory Service	3 of 91	1 List, 1 Read, 1 Write; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	ds:DescribeDirectories, ds:DescribeTrusts, ds:UnauthorizeApplication
IAM	21 of 190	3 List, 7 Permissions management, 3 Read, 8 Write; 19 restricted, 9 conditional	iam:AttachRolePolicy, iam:CreateRole, iam:CreateSAMLProvider, iam:DeleteRole, iam:DeleteRolePermissionsBoundary, iam:DeleteRolePolicy, iam:DeleteSAMLProvider, iam:DeleteServiceLinkedRole, iam:DetachRolePolicy, iam:GetRole, iam:GetSAMLProvider, iam:GetServiceLinkedRoleDeletionStatus and 9 more
Identity Sync	1 of 13	1 Write; 1 restricted, 0 conditional	identity-sync:DeleteSyncProfile
Identity Store	4 of 29	2 List, 2 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	identitystore:DescribeGroup, identitystore:DescribeUser, identitystore:ListGroups, identitystore:ListUsers
Organizations	5 of 63	3 List, 2 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	organizations:DescribeAccount, organizations:DescribeOrganization, organizations:ListAWSServiceAccessForOrganization, organizations:ListAccounts, organizations:ListDelegatedAdministrators

Directory Service: 3 actions

ds:DescribeDirectories (List)
ds:DescribeTrusts (Read)
ds:UnauthorizeApplication (Write)

IAM: 21 actions

iam:AttachRolePolicy (Permissions management)
iam:CreateRole (Write)
iam:CreateSAMLProvider (Write)
iam:DeleteRole (Write)
iam:DeleteRolePermissionsBoundary (Permissions management)
iam:DeleteRolePolicy (Permissions management)
iam:DeleteSAMLProvider (Write)
iam:DeleteServiceLinkedRole (Write)
iam:DetachRolePolicy (Permissions management)
iam:GetRole (Read)
iam:GetSAMLProvider (Read)
iam:GetServiceLinkedRoleDeletionStatus (Read)
iam:ListAttachedRolePolicies (List)
iam:ListRolePolicies (List)
iam:ListRoles (List)
iam:PutRolePermissionsBoundary (Permissions management)
iam:PutRolePolicy (Permissions management)
iam:UpdateAssumeRolePolicy (Permissions management)
iam:UpdateRole (Write)
iam:UpdateRoleDescription (Write)
iam:UpdateSAMLProvider (Write)

Identity Sync: 1 actions

identity-sync:DeleteSyncProfile (Write)

Identity Store: 4 actions

identitystore:DescribeGroup (Read)
identitystore:DescribeUser (Read)
identitystore:ListGroups (List)
identitystore:ListUsers (List)

Organizations: 5 actions

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

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 17 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": [
    {
      "Sid": "IAMRoleProvisioningActions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iam:AttachRolePolicy",
        "iam:CreateRole",
        "iam:PutRolePolicy",
        "iam:UpdateRole",
        "iam:UpdateRoleDescription",
        "iam:UpdateAssumeRolePolicy",
        "iam:PutRolePermissionsBoundary",
        "iam:DeleteRolePermissionsBoundary"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/aws-reserved/sso.amazonaws.com/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringNotEquals": {
          "aws:PrincipalOrgMasterAccountId": "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "IAMRoleReadActions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iam:GetRole",
        "iam:ListRoles"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "IAMRoleCleanupActions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iam:DeleteRole",
        "iam:DeleteRolePolicy",
        "iam:DetachRolePolicy",
        "iam:ListRolePolicies",
        "iam:ListAttachedRolePolicies"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/aws-reserved/sso.amazonaws.com/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "IAMSLRCleanupActions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iam:DeleteServiceLinkedRole",
        "iam:GetServiceLinkedRoleDeletionStatus",
        "iam:DeleteRole",
        "iam:GetRole"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/aws-service-role/sso.amazonaws.com/AWSServiceRoleForSSO"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "IAMSAMLProviderCreationAction",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iam:CreateSAMLProvider"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:saml-provider/AWSSSO_*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringNotEquals": {
          "aws:PrincipalOrgMasterAccountId": "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "IAMSAMLProviderUpdateAction",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iam:UpdateSAMLProvider"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:saml-provider/AWSSSO_*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "IAMSAMLProviderCleanupActions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iam:DeleteSAMLProvider",
        "iam:GetSAMLProvider"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:saml-provider/AWSSSO_*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "organizations:DescribeAccount",
        "organizations:DescribeOrganization",
        "organizations:ListAccounts",
        "organizations:ListDelegatedAdministrators",
        "organizations:ListAWSServiceAccessForOrganization"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowUnauthAppForDirectory",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ds:UnauthorizeApplication"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowDescribeForDirectory",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ds:DescribeDirectories",
        "ds:DescribeTrusts"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowDescribeAndListOperationsOnIdentitySource",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "identitystore:DescribeUser",
        "identitystore:DescribeGroup",
        "identitystore:ListGroups",
        "identitystore:ListUsers"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowDeleteSyncProfile",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "identity-sync:DeleteSyncProfile"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:identity-sync:*:*:profile/*"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v18, edited by AWS on 2025-02-11. 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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