Troubleshooting Amazon Security Hub identity and access
Use the following information to help you diagnose and fix common issues that you might encounter when working with Security Hub and IAM.
Topics
- I am not authorized to perform an action in Security Hub
- I am not authorized to perform iam:PassRole
- I want programmatic access to Security Hub
- I'm an administrator and want to allow others to access Security Hub
- I want to allow people outside my Amazon Web Services account to access my Security Hub resources
I am not authorized to perform an action in Security Hub
If the Amazon Web Services Management Console tells you that you're not authorized to perform an action, then you must contact your administrator for assistance. Your administrator is the person that provided you with your sign-in credentials.
The following example error occurs when the user mateojackson
tries to use the console to view details about a
widget
but does not have
securityhub:
permissions.GetWidget
User: arn:aws-cn:iam::123456789012:user/mateojackson is not authorized to perform: securityhub:
GetWidget
on resource:my-example-widget
In this case, Mateo asks his administrator to update his policies to allow
him to access the
resource using the
my-example-widget
securityhub:
action.GetWidget
I am not authorized to perform iam:PassRole
If you receive an error that you're not authorized to perform the iam:PassRole
action, your policies must be updated to allow you to pass a role to Security Hub.
Some Amazon Web Services allow you to pass an existing role to that service instead of creating a new service role or service-linked role. To do this, you must have permissions to pass the role to the service.
The following example error occurs when an IAM user named marymajor
tries to use the console to perform an action in
Security Hub. However, the action requires the service to have permissions that are granted by a service role. Mary does not have permissions to pass the
role to the service.
User: arn:aws-cn:iam::123456789012:user/
marymajor
is not authorized to perform: iam:PassRole
In this case, Mary's policies must be updated to allow her to perform the iam:PassRole
action.
If you need help, contact your Amazon administrator. Your administrator is the person who provided you with your sign-in credentials.
I want programmatic access to Security Hub
Users need programmatic access if they want to interact with Amazon outside of the Amazon Web Services Management Console. The Amazon APIs and the Amazon Command Line Interface require access keys. Whenever possible, create temporary credentials that consist of an access key ID, a secret access key, and a security token that indicates when the credentials expire.
To grant users programmatic access, choose one of the following options.
Which user needs programmatic access? | To | By |
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IAM | Use short-term credentials to sign programmatic requests to the Amazon CLI or Amazon APIs (directly or by using the Amazon SDKs). | Following the instructions in Using temporary credentials with Amazon resources in the IAM User Guide. |
IAM | (Not recommended) Use long-term credentials to sign programmatic requests to the Amazon CLI or Amazon APIs (directly or by using the Amazon SDKs). |
Following the instructions in Managing access keys for IAM users in the IAM User Guide. |
I'm an administrator and want to allow others to access Security Hub
To provide access, add permissions to your users, groups, or roles:
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Users managed in IAM through an identity provider:
Create a role for identity federation. Follow the instructions in Creating a role for a third-party identity provider (federation) in the IAM User Guide.
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IAM users:
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Create a role that your user can assume. Follow the instructions in Creating a role for an IAM user in the IAM User Guide.
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(Not recommended) Attach a policy directly to a user or add a user to a user group. Follow the instructions in Adding permissions to a user (console) in the IAM User Guide.
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I want to allow people outside my Amazon Web Services account to access my Security Hub resources
You can create a role that users in other accounts or people outside of your organization can use to access your resources. You can specify who is trusted to assume the role. For services that support resource-based policies or access control lists (ACLs), you can use those policies to grant people access to your resources.
To learn more, consult the following:
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To learn whether Security Hub supports these features, see How Amazon Security Hub works with IAM.
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To learn how to provide access to your resources across Amazon Web Services accounts that you own, see Providing access to an IAM user in another Amazon Web Services account that you own in the IAM User Guide.
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To learn how to provide access to your resources to third-party Amazon Web Services accounts, see Providing access to Amazon Web Services accounts owned by third parties in the IAM User Guide.
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To learn how to provide access through identity federation, see Providing access to externally authenticated users (identity federation) in the IAM User Guide.
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To learn the difference between using roles and resource-based policies for cross-account access, see How IAM roles differ from resource-based policies in the IAM User Guide.