AWSSecurityHubServiceRolePolicy
Last Modified
Jun 29, 2026
June 29, 2026 at 12:03 AM UTC
Version
v16
Total Versions
21
Created
Jun 27, 2026
Actions
58
Risk
HighAn unrestricted escalation path, identity administration, secret reads or the power to switch off security monitoring. Read from this policy document alone: trust policies, boundaries and SCPs in your account still decide what actually succeeds. How this is assessed
- High
Can switch off security monitoring
Can disable Security Hub, which is how an intruder hides.
securityhub:DisableSecurityHubUse with caution: Deny these actions with an SCP for everyone outside a break-glass role, so no single policy can blind you.
Policy Document
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"PolicyVersion": {
"Document": {
"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": "*"
}
]
},
"VersionId": "v16",
"IsDefaultVersion": true,
"CreateDate": "2026-06-27T00:42:14+00:00"
}
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