# Cross-service confused deputy prevention
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The confused deputy problem is a security issue where an entity that doesn't have permission to perform an action can coerce a more-privileged entity to perform the action. In AWS, cross-service impersonation can result in the confused deputy problem. Cross-service impersonation can occur when one service (the *calling service*) calls another service (the *called service*). The calling service can be manipulated to use its permissions to act on another customer's resources in a way it should not otherwise have permission to access. To prevent this, AWS provides tools that help you protect your data for all services with service principals that have been given access to resources in your account. 

We recommend using the [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reference_policies_condition-keys.html#condition-keys-sourcearn](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reference_policies_condition-keys.html#condition-keys-sourcearn) and [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reference_policies_condition-keys.html#condition-keys-sourceaccount](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reference_policies_condition-keys.html#condition-keys-sourceaccount) global condition context keys in resource policies to limit the permissions that AWS Lake Formation gives another service to the resource. If you use both global condition context keys, the `aws:SourceAccount` value and the account in the `aws:SourceArn` value must use the same account ID when used in the same policy statement.

Currently, Lake Formation only supports `aws:SourceArn` in the following format:

```
arn:aws:lakeformation:aws-region:account-id:*
```

The following example shows how you can use the `aws:SourceArn` and `aws:SourceAccount` global condition context keys in Lake Formation to prevent the confused deputy problem.

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```
{
  "Version":"2012-10-17",		 	 	 
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "ConfusedDeputyPreventionExamplePolicy",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Principal": {
        "Service": "lakeformation.amazonaws.com"
      },
      "Action": [
        "sts:AssumeRole"
      ],      
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:SourceAccount": "123456789012"
        },
        "ArnEquals": {
          "aws:SourceArn": "arn:aws:lakeformation:aws-region:123456789012:*"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}
```

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