AWS IAM documentation change

Service: IAM · 2025-06-25 · Documentation low

File: IAM/latest/UserGuide/iam_example_iam_GetPolicyVersion_section.md

Summary

Added PowerShell V5 example with policy document decoding for Get-IAMPolicyVersion

Security assessment

Shows technical handling of URL-encoded policies but doesn't address policy security or vulnerabilities

Diff

diff --git a/IAM/latest/UserGuide/iam_example_iam_GetPolicyVersion_section.md b/IAM/latest/UserGuide/iam_example_iam_GetPolicyVersion_section.md
index 7f2fc49b8..602827ccf 100644
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+++ b//IAM/latest/UserGuide/iam_example_iam_GetPolicyVersion_section.md
@@ -99,0 +100,35 @@ PowerShell
+**Tools for PowerShell V5**
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+**Example 1: This example returns the policy document for the`v2` version of the policy whose ARN is `arn:aws:iam::123456789012:policy/MyManagedPolicy`. The policy document in the `Document` property is URL encoded and is decoded in this example with the `UrlDecode` .NET method.**
+    
+    
+    $results = Get-IAMPolicyVersion -PolicyArn arn:aws:iam::123456789012:policy/MyManagedPolicy -VersionId v2
+    $results
+    
+
+**Output:**
+    
+    
+    CreateDate             Document                                        IsDefaultVersion     VersionId
+    ----------             --------                                        ----------------     ---------
+    2/12/2015 9:39:53 AM   %7B%0A%20%20%22Version%22%3A%20%222012-10...    True                 v2
+    
+    [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Web.HttpUtility")
+    $policy = [System.Web.HttpUtility]::UrlDecode($results.Document)
+    $policy
+    {
+      "Version": "2012-10-17",
+      "Statement": 
+        {
+          "Effect": "Allow",
+          "Action": "*",
+          "Resource": "*"
+        }
+    }
+
+  * For API details, see [GetPolicyVersion](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/powershell/v5/reference) in _AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference (V5)_. 
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