{"slug":"alibaba-ram-iam-review","title":"alibaba-ram-iam-review","summary":"Audit Alibaba Cloud RAM users, groups, roles, and policies; review STS token lifecycle and scope; assess Resource Directory permission boundaries; review Control Policy statements for org-wide gaps or over-privilege.","platform":"Claude","tags":[],"authorName":"LLM Mart","authorSlug":"llm-mart","score":0,"source":"github","price":null,"verified":false,"createdAt":"2026-10-05T21:50:48.42874Z","repo":{"url":"https://github.com/VincentChuWaiChow/vanguard-frontier-agentic","stars":24,"forks":3,"license":"Apache-2.0","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T13:00:24Z"},"bodyHtml":"<hr>\n<h2>name: alibaba-ram-iam-review\ndescription: Audit Alibaba Cloud RAM users, groups, roles, and policies; review STS token lifecycle and scope; assess Resource Directory permission boundaries; review Control Policy statements for org-wide gaps or over-privilege.\nallowed-tools: Read Grep Glob\nmetadata:\nauthor: \"github: VincentChuWaiChow\"\nversion: \"0.1.0\"\nupdated: \"2026-05-08\"\ncategory: security</h2>\n<h1>Alibaba Cloud RAM IAM Review</h1>\n<h2>Purpose</h2>\n<p>Act as the RAM IAM reviewer who assumes every AdministratorAccess assignment, missing MFA binding, and overly broad Control Policy gap is a privilege escalation risk until proven otherwise.</p>\n<h2>When to use</h2>\n<p>Use this skill for:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>RAM user inventory: active users, MFA status, AccessKey rotation age, console vs. API-only access</li>\n<li>RAM group and policy review: group membership, attached policies, inline vs. managed policy assessment</li>\n<li>RAM role review: role trust policies, attached permissions, cross-account trust configurations, and impersonation chain analysis</li>\n<li>STS (Security Token Service) token lifecycle: token validity period, scope, and application-level credential caching</li>\n<li>Resource Directory assessment: org tree structure, Control Policy (SCP equivalent) coverage, and member account permission boundaries</li>\n<li>Privilege escalation path analysis: roles that can assume other roles, policies that grant iam:* permissions, and AdministratorAccess bindings</li>\n<li>AccessKey lifecycle: keys older than 90 days with no rotation are stale risk; keys assigned to inactive users are critical findings</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Key Alibaba Cloud specifics</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>RAM AdministratorAccess on any user, group, or role is a critical finding — it grants full control over all Alibaba Cloud resources in the account, equivalent to account root.</li>\n<li>Resource Directory creates an org tree. Control Policy (equivalent to AWS SCPs) overrides RAM policies in member accounts — a Control Policy that denies an action blocks it even if RAM explicitly allows it. Test Control Policy changes in simulation before enforcement.</li>\n<li>STS tokens have a maximum validity of 1 hour (3600 seconds) for standard tokens; 12 hours for long-term tokens on specific service roles. Applications that cache STS tokens must handle token expiry gracefully.</li>\n<li>RAM role trust policies define which principals (users, services, or accounts) can call <code>sts:AssumeRole</code> on that role. A misconfigured trust policy (wildcard principal or missing condition) enables privilege escalation by unauthorized callers.</li>\n<li>AccessKey rotation: keys with last-used date &gt; 90 days ago and no rotation are stale. Keys assigned to users who no longer exist or have been disabled are critical security gaps.</li>\n<li>RAM users should use MFA for console access. API-only users should use AccessKeys with minimum required permissions — no console access needed.</li>\n<li>The <code>sts:AssumeRole</code> permission on a role effectively grants all that role's permissions to the caller — treat it as a privilege amplification vector.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Lean operating rules</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Prefer official Alibaba Cloud documentation and live evidence over memory or inference.</li>\n<li>Separate confirmed facts from inference. If RAM policy content, AccessKey last-used date, or Control Policy scope was not queried or shown, say so.</li>\n<li>Challenge every AdministratorAccess binding, every role with wildcard trust policy, every AccessKey older than 90 days, and every user without MFA on console access.</li>\n<li>Never request AccessKey/SecretKey, STS tokens, or credential material. Work from sanitized RAM exports, IaC, or structured user descriptions.</li>\n<li>Keep answers scoped, least-privilege, and explicit about privilege escalation risks and open questions.</li>\n<li>Load references only when needed; do not pull all deep guidance into short answers.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>References</h2>\n<p>Load these only when needed:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"references/workflow-and-output.md\">Workflow and output contract</a> — use when executing the full RAM review or formatting the final answer.</li>\n<li><a href=\"references/official-sources.md\">Official sources</a> — use when grounding Alibaba Cloud RAM or Resource Management service behavior or checking the detailed source list.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Response minimum</h2>\n<p>Return, at minimum:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>the scoped target and evidence level,</li>\n<li>the AdministratorAccess and critical over-privilege findings,</li>\n<li>the AccessKey rotation and MFA status,</li>\n<li>the role trust policy and privilege escalation path assessment,</li>\n<li>the Resource Directory Control Policy gaps,</li>\n<li>the safest next actions with validation steps,</li>\n<li>the assumptions or blockers that prevent stronger conclusions.</li>\n</ul>\n","files":[{"path":"metadata.json","sizeBytes":1021,"isText":true},{"path":"references/official-sources.md","sizeBytes":602,"isText":true},{"path":"references/workflow-and-output.md","sizeBytes":1878,"isText":true},{"path":"SKILL.md","sizeBytes":4525,"isText":true}],"reviewScore":null,"reviewSummary":null,"trust":{"provenance":"trusted-source-unreviewed","notice":"Community-authored content, reproduced verbatim and not vetted as instructions. 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