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AWS Security Hub - Detect IAM Policies allowing full administrative privileges
Description
This query detects AWS IAM policies that allow full administrative ("*") privileges in violation of AWS Security Hub control IAM.1.
Overly permissive policies increase the risk of privilege escalation and unauthorized access.
- Rule type
- Scheduled
- Version
- 1.0.0
- Declared status
- Available
- Query frequency
- 1h
- Query period
- 1h
- Trigger
- gt 0
Declared MITRE coverage
Declared sources
Metadata from the source file. No dependencies inferred from KQL.
Connectors
Data types
KQL query
Original query, unchanged.
AWSSecurityHubFindings
| where RecordState == "ACTIVE" and ComplianceStatus == "FAILED"
// Match Security Hub control IAM.1 by GeneratorId or explicit SecurityControlId/Title
| where tostring(AwsSecurityFindingGeneratorId) == "security-control/IAM.1"
or tostring(ComplianceSecurityControlId) == "IAM.1"
| extend
IAMPolicyId = tostring(Resources[0].Details.AwsIamPolicy.PolicyId),
IAMPolicyName = tostring(Resources[0].Details.AwsIamPolicy.PolicyName),
IAMPolicyDescription = tostring(Resources[0].Details.AwsIamPolicy.Description)
| summarize TimeGenerated = max(TimeGenerated)
by
AwsAccountId,
AwsRegion,
AwsSecurityFindingTitle,
AwsSecurityFindingDescription,
AwsSecurityFindingId,
ComplianceSecurityControlId,
IAMPolicyId,
IAMPolicyName,
IAMPolicyDescription
Declared entities
Related content
Links established from declared identifiers and solution manifests.
Source provenance
GitHubDisplayed values come from files in Azure/Azure-Sentinel. They describe the published template, not your workspace configuration.
- Commit
9800e51↗- Source identifier
de1f71d2-d127-439d-a8a2-e64d3187298a
GSTEP / CATALOG TRACKING
Added to catalog : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC
Last change observed : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC