AWSSecretsManagerClientReadOnlyAccess - AWS Managed Policy
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AWSSecretsManagerClientReadOnlyAccess

Description: Provides access to retrieve and describe secrets from Secrets Manager. This policy also allows decrypting KMS keys for Secrets Manager secrets.

AWSSecretsManagerClientReadOnlyAccess is an AWS managed policy.

Using this policy

You can attach AWSSecretsManagerClientReadOnlyAccess to your users, groups, and roles.

Policy details

  • Type: AWS managed policy

  • Creation time: November 05, 2025, 20:04 UTC

  • Edited time: November 05, 2025, 20:04 UTC

  • ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSSecretsManagerClientReadOnlyAccess

Policy version

Policy version: v1 (default)

The policy's default version is the version that defines the permissions for the policy. When a user or role with the policy makes a request to access an AWS resource, AWS checks the default version of the policy to determine whether to allow the request.

JSON policy document

{
  "Version" : "2012-10-17",
  "Statement" : [
    {
      "Sid" : "SecretsManagerGetAndDescribeSecret",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "secretsmanager:GetSecretValue",
        "secretsmanager:DescribeSecret"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:secretsmanager:*:*:secret:*"
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "KMSDecryptKey",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "kms:Decrypt"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:kms:*:*:key/*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringLike" : {
          "kms:EncryptionContext:SecretARN" : "arn:aws:secretsmanager:*:*:secret:*",
          "kms:ViaService" : "secretsmanager.*.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

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