Cross-service confused deputy prevention

The confused deputy problem is an information security issue that occurs when an entity without permission to perform an action calls a more-privileged entity to perform the action. This can allow malicious actors to run commands or modify resources they otherwise would not have permission to run or access. For more information, see The confused deputy problem in the AWS Identity and Access Management User Guide.

In AWS, cross-service impersonation can lead to a confused deputy scenario. Cross-service impersonation happens when one service (the calling service) calls another service (the called service). A malicious actor can use the calling service to alter resources in another service by using permissions that they normally would not have.

AWS provides service principals with managed access to resources on your account to help you protect your resources' security. We recommend using the aws:SourceAccount global condition context key in your resource policies. These keys limit the permissions that the Amazon Chime SDK gives another service to that resource.

The following example shows an S3 bucket policy that uses the aws:SourceAccount global condition context key in the configured CallDetailRecords S3 bucket to help prevent the confused deputy problem.

{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Sid": "AmazonChimeAclCheck668426",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Principal": {
                "Service": "chime.amazonaws.com"
            },
            "Action": "s3:GetBucketAcl",
            "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::your-cdr-bucket"
        },
        {
            "Sid": "AmazonChimeWrite668426",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Principal": {
                "Service": "chime.amazonaws.com"
            },
            "Action": "s3:PutObject",
            "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::your-cdr-bucket/*",
            "Condition": {
                "StringEquals": {
                    "s3:x-amz-acl": "bucket-owner-full-control",
                    "aws:SourceAccount": "112233446677" 
                }
            }
        }
    ]
}