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AWS AWSCloudFormation documentation change

Service: AWSCloudFormation · 2025-03-10 · Documentation low

File: AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-iam-managedpolicy.md

Summary

Added Fn::GetAtt attributes including security-related metrics like PermissionsBoundaryUsageCount

Security assessment

Documents attributes related to security features (permissions boundaries) but does not indicate a security vulnerability fix.

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+### Fn::GetAtt
+
+The `Fn::GetAtt` intrinsic function returns a value for a specified attribute of this type. The following are the available attributes and sample return values.
+
+For more information about using the `Fn::GetAtt` intrinsic function, see [`Fn::GetAtt`](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/intrinsic-function-reference-getatt.html).
+
+#### 
+
+`AttachmentCount`
+    
+
+The number of principal entities (users, groups, and roles) that the policy is attached to.
+
+`CreateDate`
+    
+
+The date and time, in [ISO 8601 date-time format](http://www.iso.org/iso/iso8601), when the policy was created.
+
+`DefaultVersionId`
+    
+
+The identifier for the version of the policy that is set as the default (operative) version.
+
+For more information about policy versions, see [Versioning for managed policies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/policies-managed-versions.html) in the _IAM User Guide_. 
+
+`IsAttachable`
+    
+
+Specifies whether the policy can be attached to an IAM user, group, or role.
+
+`PermissionsBoundaryUsageCount`
+    
+
+The number of entities (users and roles) for which the policy is used as the permissions boundary. 
+
+For more information about permissions boundaries, see [Permissions boundaries for IAM identities ](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_boundaries.html) in the _IAM User Guide_.
+
+`PolicyArn`
+    
+
+The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the managed policy that you want information about.
+
+For more information about ARNs, see [Amazon Resource Names (ARNs)](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-arns-and-namespaces.html) in the _AWS General Reference_.
+
+`PolicyId`
+    
+
+The stable and unique string identifying the policy.
+
+For more information about IDs, see [IAM identifiers](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/Using_Identifiers.html) in the _IAM User Guide_.
+
+`UpdateDate`
+    
+
+The date and time, in [ISO 8601 date-time format](http://www.iso.org/iso/iso8601), when the policy was last updated.
+
+When a policy has only one version, this field contains the date and time when the policy was created. When a policy has more than one version, this field contains the date and time when the most recent policy version was created.
+