AWSSystemsManagerChangeManagementServicePolicy

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Summary

Provides access to AWS resources managed or used by the AWS Systems Manager change management framework.

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/aws-service-role/AWSSystemsManagerChangeManagementServicePolicy
Default version: v2
Created: 2020-12-07
Last edited: 2025-10-23
Services: cloudwatch, iam, kms, ssm, sso, sso-directory

Control-plane actions (17)

By access level: 9 Read, 8 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
CloudWatch	1 of 160	1 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	cloudwatch:DescribeAlarms
IAM	2 of 190	1 Read, 1 Write; 1 restricted, 1 conditional	iam:GetGroup, iam:PassRole
KMS	1 of 58	1 Write; 1 restricted, 1 conditional	kms:Decrypt
Systems Manager	10 of 164	4 Read, 6 Write; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	ssm:CreateAssociation, ssm:CreateOpsItem, ssm:DeleteAssociation, ssm:GetAutomationExecution, ssm:GetCalendarState, ssm:GetDocument, ssm:GetOpsItem, ssm:StartAutomationExecution, ssm:StopAutomationExecution, ssm:UpdateOpsItem
IAM Identity Center	1 of 126	1 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	sso:ListDirectoryAssociations
IAM Identity Center directory	2 of 57	2 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	sso-directory:DescribeUsers, sso-directory:IsMemberInGroup

CloudWatch: 1 actions

cloudwatch:DescribeAlarms (Read)

IAM: 2 actions

iam:GetGroup (Read)
iam:PassRole (Write)

KMS: 1 actions

kms:Decrypt (Write)

Systems Manager: 10 actions

ssm:CreateAssociation (Write)
ssm:CreateOpsItem (Write)
ssm:DeleteAssociation (Write)
ssm:GetAutomationExecution (Read)
ssm:GetCalendarState (Read)
ssm:GetDocument (Read)
ssm:GetOpsItem (Read)
ssm:StartAutomationExecution (Write)
ssm:StopAutomationExecution (Write)
ssm:UpdateOpsItem (Write)

IAM Identity Center: 1 actions

sso:ListDirectoryAssociations (Read)

IAM Identity Center directory: 2 actions

sso-directory:DescribeUsers (Read)
sso-directory:IsMemberInGroup (Read)

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: all-resources.

Can be attached: No (service-linked role policy).

Why this tier

Grants 8 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": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:CreateAssociation",
        "ssm:DeleteAssociation",
        "ssm:CreateOpsItem",
        "ssm:GetOpsItem",
        "ssm:UpdateOpsItem",
        "ssm:StartAutomationExecution",
        "ssm:StopAutomationExecution",
        "ssm:GetAutomationExecution",
        "ssm:GetCalendarState",
        "ssm:GetDocument"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "cloudwatch:DescribeAlarms"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "sso:ListDirectoryAssociations"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "sso-directory:DescribeUsers",
        "sso-directory:IsMemberInGroup"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "iam:GetGroup",
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "iam:PassRole",
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "iam:PassedToService": [
            "ssm.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowKmsAccessViaIdentityCenter",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "kms:Decrypt"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "ArnLike": {
          "kms:EncryptionContext:aws:sso:instance-arn": "arn:*:sso:::instance/*"
        },
        "StringLike": {
          "kms:ViaService": "sso.*.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowKmsAccessViaIdentityStore",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "kms:Decrypt"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "ArnLike": {
          "kms:EncryptionContext:aws:identitystore:identitystore-arn": "arn:*:identitystore::*:identitystore/*"
        },
        "StringLike": {
          "kms:ViaService": "identitystore.*.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v2, edited by AWS on 2025-10-23. 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.