cloudformation:DescribeStackResourceDrifts

Read

cloudformation:DescribeStackResourceDrifts is a Read access-level action in the cloudformation service. Grants permission to return drift information for the resources that have been checked for drift in the specified stack

Resource types

ARNs that cloudformation:DescribeStackResourceDrifts can be scoped to in an IAM policy.

arn:${Partition}:cloudformation:${Region}:${Account}:stack/${StackName}/${Id}
stack

Condition keys

Keys you can use in the Condition block of a policy that grants cloudformation:DescribeStackResourceDrifts.

aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey} String

Filters access by the tags associated with the resource

Example IAM policy

A minimal policy that allows cloudformation:DescribeStackResourceDrifts. Replace "Resource": "*" with a specific ARN to follow least privilege.

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "AllowCloudformationDescribeStackResourceDrifts",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "cloudformation:DescribeStackResourceDrifts",
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

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