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Find the IAM username belonging to the TARGET_ACCESS_KEY
#!/usr/bin/env python
# Find the IAM username belonging to the TARGET_ACCESS_KEY
# Useful for finding IAM user corresponding to a compromised AWS credential
# Usage:
# find_iam_user AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
# Requirements:
#
# Environmental variables:
# AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
# python:
# boto
import boto.iam
import sys
if len(sys.argv) == 1:
print 'Usage: \n find_iam_user AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID'
exit(1)
TARGET_ACCESS_KEY = sys.argv[1]
iam = boto.connect_iam()
users = iam.get_all_users('/')['list_users_response']['list_users_result']['users']
def find_key():
for user in users:
for key_result in iam.get_all_access_keys(user['user_name'])['list_access_keys_response']['list_access_keys_result']['access_key_metadata']:
aws_access_key = key_result['access_key_id']
if aws_access_key == TARGET_ACCESS_KEY:
print 'Target key belongs to user: ' + user['user_name']
return True
return False
if not find_key():
print 'Did not find access key (' + TARGET_ACCESS_KEY + ') in ' + str(len(users)) + ' IAM users.'
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zxjinn commented Jun 25, 2015

@spenserpothier I've forked and updated this gist to search more than 100 users https://gist.github.com/zxjinn/1693a7b4623c4cd25b6d

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