Access Control

Cloud custodian supports both azure role assignments and role definitions.

In order to get the principal name, display name, and AAD type (User, Service Principal, etc) of role assignments the method of authorization must have the necessary permissions to read from the Microsoft AAD Graph. For Service Principal Authorization the Service Principal must have the permissions to read all users’ full profiles. Azure CLI authentication will provide the necessary permissions to run the policy locally. Basic token authentication will not provide the necessary permissions.

Filters

• Standard Value Filter (see Generic Filters)

  • Model: RoleAssignment

  • Model: RoleDefinition

• role Filters Role Assignments based on name of Role Definition

  properties:
    default:
      type: object
    key:
      type: string
    op:
      enum:
      - eq
      - equal
      - ne
      - not-equal
      - gt
      - greater-than
      - ge
      - gte
      - le
      - lte
      - lt
      - less-than
      - glob
      - regex
      - regex-case
      - in
      - ni
      - not-in
      - contains
      - difference
      - intersect
    type:
      enum:
      - role
    value:
      oneOf:
      - type: array
      - type: string
      - type: boolean
      - type: number
      - type: 'null'
    value_from:
      additionalProperties: 'False'
      properties:
        expr:
          oneOf:
          - type: integer
          - type: string
        format:
          enum:
          - csv
          - json
          - txt
          - csv2dict
        url:
          type: string
      required:
      - url
      type: object
    value_regex:
      type: string
    value_type:
      enum:
      - age
      - integer
      - expiration
      - normalize
      - size
      - cidr
      - cidr_size
      - swap
      - resource_count
      - expr
      - unique_size
      - date
  required:
  - type
  

• resource-access Filter Role Assignments based on access to an azure resource

  properties:
    default:
      type: object
    key:
      type: string
    op:
      enum:
      - eq
      - equal
      - ne
      - not-equal
      - gt
      - greater-than
      - ge
      - gte
      - le
      - lte
      - lt
      - less-than
      - glob
      - regex
      - regex-case
      - in
      - ni
      - not-in
      - contains
      - difference
      - intersect
    relatedResource:
      type: string
    type:
      enum:
      - resource-access
    value:
      oneOf:
      - type: array
      - type: string
      - type: boolean
      - type: number
      - type: 'null'
    value_from:
      additionalProperties: 'False'
      properties:
        expr:
          oneOf:
          - type: integer
          - type: string
        format:
          enum:
          - csv
          - json
          - txt
          - csv2dict
        url:
          type: string
      required:
      - url
      type: object
    value_regex:
      type: string
    value_type:
      enum:
      - age
      - integer
      - expiration
      - normalize
      - size
      - cidr
      - cidr_size
      - swap
      - resource_count
      - expr
      - unique_size
      - date
  required:
  - relatedResource
  - type
  

• scope Filter Role Assignments by scope access

  properties:
    type:
      enum:
      - scope
    value:
      enum:
      - subscription
      - resource-group
      - management-group
      type: string
  required:
  - type
  

Actions

• ARM Resource Actions (see Generic Actions)

• delete Deletes role assignment

Example Policies

Return role assignments with the Owner role.

policies:
   - name: assignment-by-role
     resource: azure.roleassignment
     filters:
        - type: role
          key: properties.roleName
          op: eq
          value: Owner

Return all assignments with the Owner role that have access to virtual machines. For the resource-access filter, the related resource can be any custodian supported azure resource other than azure.roleassignments or azure.roledefinitions.

policies:
   - name: assignment-by-role-and-resource
     resource: azure.roleassignment
     filters:
        - type: role
          key: properties.roleName
          op: eq
          value: Owner
        - type: resource-access
          relatedResource: azure.vm

Return all assignments with the Owner role that have access to virtual machines in westus2:

policies:
   - name: assignment-by-role-and-resource
     resource: azure.roleassignment
     filters:
        - type: role
          key: properties.roleName
          op: eq
          value: Owner
        - type: resource-access
          relatedResource: azure.vm
          key: location
          op: eq
          value: westus2

Return assignments with the principal name custodian@example.com:

policies:
  - name: assignment-by-principal-name
    resource: azure.roleassignment
    filters:
       - type: value
         key: principalName
         op: eq
         value: custodian@example.com

Return role definitions that explicitly have the permission to read authorization objects (role assignments, role definitions, etc). If a role definition inherits permissions (e.g. by having * permissions) they are not returned in this filter.

policies:
    - name: role-definition-permissions
      resource: azure.roledefinition
      filters:
        - type: value
          key: properties.permissions[0].actions
          value: Microsoft.Authorization/*/read
          op: contains

Delete the assignment with principal name custodian@example.com. The permissions required to run the delete action requires delete permissions to Microsoft.Authorization. The built-in role with the necessary permissions is Owner.

policies:
  - name: delete-assignment-by-principal-name
    resource: azure.roleassignment
    filters:
       - type: value
         key: principalName
         op: eq
         value: custodian@example.com
    actions:
       - type: delete

Return all role assignments with the Subscription level scope access.

policies:
   - name: assignments-subscription-scope
     resource: azure.roleassignment
     filters:
        - type: scope
          value: subscription

Return all role assignments with the Resource Group level scope access.

policies:
   - name: assignments-resource-group-scope
     resource: azure.roleassignment
     filters:
        - type: scope
          value: resource-group

Return all role assignments with scope level access other than Subscription or Resource Group.

policies:
   - name: assignments-other-level-scope
     resource: azure.roleassignment
     filters:
        - not:
          - type: scope
            value: subscription
        - not:
          - type: scope
            value: resource-group

Return all service principal role assignments with the Subscription level scope access.

policies:
   - name: service-principal-assignments-subscription-scope
     resource: azure.roleassignment
     filters:
        - type: value
          key: aadType
          op: eq
          value: ServicePrincipal
        - type: scope
          value: subscription