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How to prevent privilege escalation vulnerabilities in AWS IAM policies?

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Edited by Aravind Patel · Aug 23, 2026 6:13 PM

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How to prevent privilege escalation vulnerabilities in AWS IAM policies?

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Scanning for risky permission combinations like `iam:PassRole` and `iam:CreatePolicyVersion`.
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### Security Audit Block developers from combining `iam:PassRole` with `ec2:RunInstances` or `lambda:CreateFunction` to prevent unauthorized admin role escalation.
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https://developers.google.com/search/docs

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Published by Aravind Patel · Aug 9, 2026 5:37 AM

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How to prevent privilege escalation vulnerabilities in AWS IAM policies?

Original Summary
Scanning for risky permission combinations like `iam:PassRole` and `iam:CreatePolicyVersion`.
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### Security Audit Block developers from combining `iam:PassRole` with `ec2:RunInstances` or `lambda:CreateFunction` to prevent unauthorized admin role escalation.
Original Sources

https://developers.google.com/search/docs