AWS IAM documentation change

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

File: IAM/latest/UserGuide/iam_example_iam_ListPolicies_section.md

Summary

Added PowerShell V5 examples for ListPolicies command with policy filtering examples

Security assessment

The change demonstrates policy enumeration, which is relevant to security auditing. However, it does not fix a security issue but improves documentation of policy management.

Diff

diff --git a/IAM/latest/UserGuide/iam_example_iam_ListPolicies_section.md b/IAM/latest/UserGuide/iam_example_iam_ListPolicies_section.md
index 6643c8c2b..400edf92f 100644
--- a//IAM/latest/UserGuide/iam_example_iam_ListPolicies_section.md
+++ b//IAM/latest/UserGuide/iam_example_iam_ListPolicies_section.md
@@ -412,0 +413,81 @@ PowerShell
+**Tools for PowerShell V5**
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+**Example 1: This example returns a collection of the first three managed policies available in the current AWS account. Because`-scope` is not specified, it defaults to `all` and includes both AWS managed and customer managed policies.**
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+    Get-IAMPolicyList -MaxItem 3
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+
+**Output:**
+    
+    
+    Arn              : arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSDirectConnectReadOnlyAccess
+    AttachmentCount  : 0
+    CreateDate       : 2/6/2015 10:40:08 AM
+    DefaultVersionId : v1
+    Description      : 
+    IsAttachable     : True
+    Path             : /
+    PolicyId         : Z27SI6FQMGNQ2EXAMPLE1
+    PolicyName       : AWSDirectConnectReadOnlyAccess
+    UpdateDate       : 2/6/2015 10:40:08 AM
+          
+    Arn              : arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonGlacierReadOnlyAccess
+    AttachmentCount  : 0
+    CreateDate       : 2/6/2015 10:40:27 AM
+    DefaultVersionId : v1
+    Description      : 
+    IsAttachable     : True
+    Path             : /
+    PolicyId         : NJKMU274MET4EEXAMPLE2
+    PolicyName       : AmazonGlacierReadOnlyAccess
+    UpdateDate       : 2/6/2015 10:40:27 AM
+          
+    Arn              : arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSMarketplaceFullAccess
+    AttachmentCount  : 0
+    CreateDate       : 2/11/2015 9:21:45 AM
+    DefaultVersionId : v1
+    Description      : 
+    IsAttachable     : True
+    Path             : /
+    PolicyId         : 5ULJSO2FYVPYGEXAMPLE3
+    PolicyName       : AWSMarketplaceFullAccess
+    UpdateDate       : 2/11/2015 9:21:45 AM
+
+**Example 2: This example returns a collection of the first two customer managed policies available in current AWS account. It uses`-Scope local` to limit the output to only customer managed policies. **
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+    
+    Get-IAMPolicyList -Scope local -MaxItem 2
+    
+
+**Output:**
+    
+    
+    Arn              : arn:aws:iam::123456789012:policy/MyLocalPolicy
+    AttachmentCount  : 0
+    CreateDate       : 2/12/2015 9:39:09 AM
+    DefaultVersionId : v2
+    Description      : 
+    IsAttachable     : True
+    Path             : /
+    PolicyId         : SQVCBLC4VAOUCEXAMPLE4
+    PolicyName       : MyLocalPolicy
+    UpdateDate       : 2/12/2015 9:39:53 AM
+    
+    Arn              : arn:aws:iam::123456789012:policy/policyforec2instancerole
+    AttachmentCount  : 1
+    CreateDate       : 2/17/2015 2:51:38 PM
+    DefaultVersionId : v11
+    Description      : 
+    IsAttachable     : True
+    Path             : /
+    PolicyId         : X5JPBLJH2Z2SOEXAMPLE5
+    PolicyName       : policyforec2instancerole
+    UpdateDate       : 2/18/2015 8:52:31 AM
+
+  * For API details, see [ListPolicies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/powershell/v5/reference) in _AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference (V5)_. 
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