AWS IAM Privilege Escalation Methods
Documentation of an AWS IAM privilege escalation technique that exploits the iam:CreatePolicyVersion permission to gain elevated access through policy manipulation.
Documentation of an AWS IAM privilege escalation technique that exploits the iam:CreatePolicyVersion permission to gain elevated access through policy manipulation.
Checked October 2026.
AWS IAM Privilege Escalation Methods documents a specific technique for escalating privileges within Amazon Web Services environments through IAM policy manipulation.
The method exploits the iam:CreatePolicyVersion permission to create new versions of existing IAM policies with custom permissions. The technique leverages the --set-as-default flag during policy version creation, which automatically sets the new version as the default without requiring the iam:SetDefaultPolicyVersion permission.
This escalation vector can potentially grant an attacker full administrator access to an AWS account by allowing them to define their own permissions through policy version manipulation. The documentation serves as a reference for understanding this specific privilege escalation pathway in AWS IAM configurations.
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AWS IAM Privilege Escalation Methods is a product in the Penetration Testing category. It covers Red Team, AWS and Privilege Escalation.
AWS IAM Privilege Escalation Methods is free. Download and setup instructions are at https://github.com/RhinoSecurityLabs/AWS-IAM-Privilege-Escalation/.
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