# Secrets Manager

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* Secrets Manager objects are commonly encrypted with KMS keys. If you don't have the `kms:Decrypt` permission on the encryption key, you won't be able to retrieve the secret.
* However, if you have [kms:PutKeyPolicy](/cloud-security/aws/aws-offensive-security/aws-privilege-escalation/permissions-abuse-1.md#kms-putkeypolicy) permissions then you can grant yourself access to the encryption key
  {% endhint %}

## secretsmanager:PutResourcePolicy

* With access to this action, you can attach a resource-based permission policy to a secret, effectively giving yourself whatever access you want.

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```bash
aws secretsmanager put-resource-policy --secret-id <secretId> --resource-policy file://secrets-policy.json 
```

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```json
# sample resource policy for secret

{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Principal": {
                "AWS": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:user/<userName>"
            },
            "Action": "secretsmanager:GetSecretValue",
            "Resource": "*"
        }
    ]
}
```

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