ec2:ModifySecurityGroupRules

Write

ec2:ModifySecurityGroupRules is a Write access-level action in the ec2 service. Grants permission to modify the rules of a security group

Resource types

ARNs that ec2:ModifySecurityGroupRules can be scoped to in an IAM policy.

arn:${Partition}:ec2:${Region}:${Account}:prefix-list/${PrefixListId}
prefix-list
arn:${Partition}:ec2:${Region}:${Account}:security-group/${SecurityGroupId} required
security-group
arn:${Partition}:ec2:${Region}:${Account}:security-group-rule/${SecurityGroupRuleId} required
security-group-rule

Condition keys

Keys you can use in the Condition block of a policy that grants ec2:ModifySecurityGroupRules.

ec2:Region String

Filters access by the name of the AWS Region

aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey} String

Filters access by a tag key and value pair of a resource

ec2:ResourceTag/${TagKey} String

Filters access by a tag key and value pair of a resource

ec2:SecurityGroupID String

Filters access by the ID of a security group

ec2:Vpc ARN

Filters access by the ARN of the VPC

Example IAM policy

A minimal policy that allows ec2:ModifySecurityGroupRules. Replace "Resource": "*" with a specific ARN to follow least privilege.

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "AllowEc2ModifySecurityGroupRules",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "ec2:ModifySecurityGroupRules",
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

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