IAMUserChangePassword

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Summary

Provides the ability for an IAM user to change their own password.

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/IAMUserChangePassword
Default version: v5
Created: 2016-11-15
Last edited: 2026-02-12
Services: iam

Control-plane actions (2)

By access level: 1 Read, 1 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
IAM	2 of 190	1 Read, 1 Write; 1 restricted, 0 conditional	iam:ChangePassword, iam:GetAccountPasswordPolicy

IAM: 2 actions

iam:ChangePassword (Write)
iam:GetAccountPasswordPolicy (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: mixed.

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

Why this tier

Grants 1 write, tagging or permissions-management action, 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.

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:ChangePassword"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:user/${aws:username}",
        "arn:aws:iam::*:user/*/${aws:username}"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iam:GetAccountPasswordPolicy"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v5, 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/IAMUserChangePassword
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/IAMUserChangePassword
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/IAMUserChangePassword

CloudFormation

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

Terraform

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

CDK (TypeScript)

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

Sources

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