Secrets Manager actions Secrets Manager resources Condition keys BlockPublicPolicy condition IP address conditions VPC endpoint conditions

Permissions reference for AWS Secrets Manager

To see the elements that make up a permissions policy, see JSON policy document structure and IAM JSON policy elements reference.

To get started writing your own permissions policy, see Permissions policy examples for AWS Secrets Manager.

Secrets Manager actions

Actions	Description	Access level	Resource types (*required)	Condition keys
CancelRotateSecret	Grants permission to cancel an in-progress secret rotation	Write	Secret*
CancelRotateSecret	Grants permission to cancel an in-progress secret rotation	Write		secretsmanager:SecretId secretsmanager:resource/AllowRotationLambdaArn secretsmanager:ResourceTag/tag-key aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey} secretsmanager:SecretPrimaryRegion
CreateSecret	Grants permission to create a secret that stores encrypted data that can be queried and rotated	Write	Secret*
CreateSecret		Write		secretsmanager:Name secretsmanager:Description secretsmanager:KmsKeyId aws:RequestTag/${TagKey} aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey} aws:TagKeys secretsmanager:ResourceTag/tag-key secretsmanager:AddReplicaRegions secretsmanager:ForceOverwriteReplicaSecret
DeleteResourcePolicy	Grants permission to delete the resource policy attached to a secret	Permissions management	Secret*
DeleteResourcePolicy		Permissions management		secretsmanager:SecretId secretsmanager:resource/AllowRotationLambdaArn secretsmanager:ResourceTag/tag-key aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey} secretsmanager:SecretPrimaryRegion
DeleteSecret	Grants permission to delete a secret	Write	Secret*
DeleteSecret	Grants permission to delete a secret	Write		secretsmanager:SecretId secretsmanager:resource/AllowRotationLambdaArn secretsmanager:RecoveryWindowInDays secretsmanager:ForceDeleteWithoutRecovery secretsmanager:ResourceTag/tag-key aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey} secretsmanager:SecretPrimaryRegion
DescribeSecret	Grants permission to retrieve the metadata about a secret, but not the encrypted data	Read	Secret*
DescribeSecret		Read		secretsmanager:SecretId secretsmanager:resource/AllowRotationLambdaArn secretsmanager:ResourceTag/tag-key aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey} secretsmanager:SecretPrimaryRegion
GetRandomPassword	Grants permission to generate a random string for use in password creation	Read
GetResourcePolicy	Grants permission to get the resource policy attached to a secret	Read	Secret*
GetResourcePolicy		Read		secretsmanager:SecretId secretsmanager:resource/AllowRotationLambdaArn secretsmanager:ResourceTag/tag-key aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey} secretsmanager:SecretPrimaryRegion
GetSecretValue	Grants permission to retrieve and decrypt the encrypted data	Read	Secret*
GetSecretValue		Read		secretsmanager:SecretId secretsmanager:VersionId secretsmanager:VersionStage secretsmanager:resource/AllowRotationLambdaArn secretsmanager:ResourceTag/tag-key aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey} secretsmanager:SecretPrimaryRegion
ListSecretVersionIds	Grants permission to list the available versions of a secret	Read	Secret*
ListSecretVersionIds		Read		secretsmanager:SecretId secretsmanager:resource/AllowRotationLambdaArn secretsmanager:ResourceTag/tag-key aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey} secretsmanager:SecretPrimaryRegion
ListSecrets	Grants permission to list the available secrets	List
PutResourcePolicy	Grants permission to attach a resource policy to a secret	Permissions management	Secret*
PutResourcePolicy	Grants permission to attach a resource policy to a secret	Permissions management		secretsmanager:SecretId secretsmanager:resource/AllowRotationLambdaArn secretsmanager:ResourceTag/tag-key aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey} secretsmanager:BlockPublicPolicy secretsmanager:SecretPrimaryRegion
PutSecretValue	Grants permission to create a new version of the secret with new encrypted data	Write	Secret*
PutSecretValue		Write		secretsmanager:SecretId secretsmanager:resource/AllowRotationLambdaArn secretsmanager:ResourceTag/tag-key aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey} secretsmanager:SecretPrimaryRegion
RemoveRegionsFromReplication	Grants permission to remove regions from replication	Write	Secret*
RemoveRegionsFromReplication	Grants permission to remove regions from replication	Write		secretsmanager:SecretId secretsmanager:resource/AllowRotationLambdaArn secretsmanager:ResourceTag/tag-key aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey} secretsmanager:SecretPrimaryRegion
ReplicateSecretToRegions	Grants permission to convert an existing secret to a multi-Region secret and begin replicating the secret to a list of new regions	Write	Secret*
ReplicateSecretToRegions		Write		secretsmanager:SecretId secretsmanager:resource/AllowRotationLambdaArn secretsmanager:ResourceTag/tag-key aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey} secretsmanager:SecretPrimaryRegion secretsmanager:AddReplicaRegions secretsmanager:ForceOverwriteReplicaSecret
RestoreSecret	Grants permission to cancel deletion of a secret	Write	Secret*
RestoreSecret	Grants permission to cancel deletion of a secret	Write		secretsmanager:SecretId secretsmanager:resource/AllowRotationLambdaArn secretsmanager:ResourceTag/tag-key aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey} secretsmanager:SecretPrimaryRegion
RotateSecret	Grants permission to start rotation of a secret	Write	Secret*
RotateSecret	Grants permission to start rotation of a secret	Write		secretsmanager:SecretId secretsmanager:RotationLambdaARN secretsmanager:resource/AllowRotationLambdaArn secretsmanager:ResourceTag/tag-key aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey} secretsmanager:SecretPrimaryRegion secretsmanager:ModifyRotationRules secretsmanager:RotateImmediately
StopReplicationToReplica	Grants permission to remove the secret from replication and promote the secret to a regional secret in the replica Region	Write	Secret*
StopReplicationToReplica		Write		secretsmanager:SecretId secretsmanager:resource/AllowRotationLambdaArn secretsmanager:ResourceTag/tag-key aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey} secretsmanager:SecretPrimaryRegion
TagResource	Grants permission to add tags to a secret	Tagging	Secret*
TagResource	Grants permission to add tags to a secret	Tagging		secretsmanager:SecretId aws:RequestTag/${TagKey} aws:TagKeys secretsmanager:resource/AllowRotationLambdaArn secretsmanager:ResourceTag/tag-key aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey} secretsmanager:SecretPrimaryRegion
UntagResource	Grants permission to remove tags from a secret	Tagging	Secret*
UntagResource	Grants permission to remove tags from a secret	Tagging		secretsmanager:SecretId aws:TagKeys secretsmanager:resource/AllowRotationLambdaArn secretsmanager:ResourceTag/tag-key aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey} secretsmanager:SecretPrimaryRegion
UpdateSecret	Grants permission to update a secret with new metadata or with a new version of the encrypted data	Write	Secret*
UpdateSecret		Write		secretsmanager:SecretId secretsmanager:Description secretsmanager:KmsKeyId secretsmanager:resource/AllowRotationLambdaArn secretsmanager:ResourceTag/tag-key aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey} secretsmanager:SecretPrimaryRegion
UpdateSecretVersionStage	Grants permission to move a stage from one secret to another	Write	Secret*
UpdateSecretVersionStage		Write		secretsmanager:SecretId secretsmanager:VersionStage secretsmanager:resource/AllowRotationLambdaArn secretsmanager:ResourceTag/tag-key aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey} secretsmanager:SecretPrimaryRegion
ValidateResourcePolicy	Grants permission to validate a resource policy before attaching policy	Permissions management	Secret*
ValidateResourcePolicy		Permissions management		secretsmanager:SecretId secretsmanager:resource/AllowRotationLambdaArn secretsmanager:ResourceTag/tag-key aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey} secretsmanager:SecretPrimaryRegion

Secrets Manager resources

Resource types ARN Condition keys

Resource types	ARN	Condition keys
Secret	`arn:${Partition}:secretsmanager:${Region}:${Account}:secret:${SecretId}`	aws:RequestTag/${TagKey} aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey} aws:TagKeys secretsmanager:ResourceTag/tag-key secretsmanager:resource/AllowRotationLambdaArn

Secret

arn:${Partition}:secretsmanager:${Region}:${Account}:secret:${SecretId}

aws:RequestTag/${TagKey}

aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey}

aws:TagKeys

secretsmanager:ResourceTag/tag-key

secretsmanager:resource/AllowRotationLambdaArn

Secrets Manager constructs the last part of the secret ARN by appending a dash and six random alphanumeric characters at the end of the secret name. If you delete a secret and then recreate another with the same name, this formatting helps ensure that individuals with permissions to the original secret don't automatically get access to the new secret because Secrets Manager generates six new random characters.

You can find the ARN for a secret in the Secrets Manager console on the secret details page or by calling DescribeSecret.

Condition keys

If you include string conditions from the following table in your permissions policy, callers to Secrets Manager must pass the matching parameter or they are denied access. To avoid denying callers for a missing parameter, add IfExists to the end of the condition operator name, for example StringLikeIfExists. For more information, see IAM JSON policy elements: Condition operators.

Condition keys	Description	Type
aws:RequestTag/${TagKey}	Filters access by a key that is present in the request the user makes to the Secrets Manager service	String
aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey}	Filters access by the tags associated with the resource	String
aws:TagKeys	Filters access by the list of all the tag key names present in the request the user makes to the Secrets Manager service	ArrayOfString
secretsmanager:AddReplicaRegions	Filters access by the list of Regions in which to replicate the secret	ArrayOfString
secretsmanager:BlockPublicPolicy	Filters access by whether the resource policy blocks broad AWS account access	Bool
secretsmanager:Description	Filters access by the description text in the request	String
secretsmanager:ForceDeleteWithoutRecovery	Filters access by whether the secret is to be deleted immediately without any recovery window	Bool
secretsmanager:ForceOverwriteReplicaSecret	Filters access by whether to overwrite a secret with the same name in the destination Region	Bool
secretsmanager:KmsKeyId	Filters access by the ARN of the KMS key in the request	String
secretsmanager:ModifyRotationRules	Filters access by whether the rotation rules of the secret are to be modified	Bool
secretsmanager:Name	Filters access by the friendly name of the secret in the request	String
secretsmanager:RecoveryWindowInDays	Filters access by the number of days that Secrets Manager waits before it can delete the secret	Numeric
secretsmanager:ResourceTag/tag-key	Filters access by a tag key and value pair	String
secretsmanager:RotateImmediately	Filters access by whether the secret is to be rotated immediately	Bool
secretsmanager:RotationLambdaARN	Filters access by the ARN of the rotation Lambda function in the request	ARN
secretsmanager:SecretId	Filters access by the SecretID value in the request	ARN
secretsmanager:SecretPrimaryRegion	Filters access by primary region in which the secret is created	String
secretsmanager:VersionId	Filters access by the unique identifier of the version of the secret in the request	String
secretsmanager:VersionStage	Filters access by the list of version stages in the request	String
secretsmanager:resource/AllowRotationLambdaArn	Filters access by the ARN of the rotation Lambda function associated with the secret	ARN

Block broad access to secrets with `BlockPublicPolicy` condition

In identity policies that allow the action PutResourcePolicy, we recommend you use BlockPublicPolicy: true. This condition means that users can only attach a resource policy to a secret if the policy doesn't allow broad access.

Secrets Manager uses Zelkova automated reasoning to analyze resource policies for broad access. For more information about Zelkova, see How AWS uses automated reasoning to help you achieve security at scale on the AWS Security Blog.

The following example shows how to use BlockPublicPolicy.


{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": {
        "Effect": "Allow",
        "Action": "secretsmanager:PutResourcePolicy",
        "Resource": "SecretId",
        "Condition": {
            "Bool": {
                "secretsmanager:BlockPublicPolicy": "true"
            }
        }
    }
}

IP address conditions

Use caution when you specify the IP address condition operators or the aws:SourceIp condition key in a policy statement that allows or denies access to Secrets Manager. For example, if you attach a policy that restricts AWS actions to requests from your corporate network IP address range to a secret, then your requests as an IAM user invoking the request from the corporate network work as expected. However, if you enable other services to access the secret on your behalf, such as when you enable rotation with a Lambda function, that function calls the Secrets Manager operations from an AWS-internal address space. Requests impacted by the policy with the IP address filter fail.

Also, the aws:sourceIP condition key is less effective when the request comes from an Amazon VPC endpoint. To restrict requests to a specific VPC endpoint, use VPC endpoint conditions.

VPC endpoint conditions

To allow or deny access to requests from a particular VPC or VPC endpoint, use aws:SourceVpc to limit access to requests from the specified VPC or aws:SourceVpce to limit access to requests from the specified VPC endpoint. See Example: Permissions and VPCs.

aws:SourceVpc limits access to requests from the specified VPC.
aws:SourceVpce limits access to requests from the specified VPC endpoint.

If you use these condition keys in a resource policy statement that allows or denies access to Secrets Manager secrets, you can inadvertently deny access to services that use Secrets Manager to access secrets on your behalf. Only some AWS services can run with an endpoint within your VPC. If you restrict requests for a secret to a VPC or VPC endpoint, then calls to Secrets Manager from a service not configured for the service can fail.

See Using an AWS Secrets Manager VPC endpoint.

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