AmazonESCognitoAccess

Summary

Provides limited access to the Amazon Cognito configuration service.

Permissions imported from the AWS Managed Policy Reference Guide; other sections pending editorial review.

Identity

ARN

arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonESCognitoAccessCopy ARN

Default version

v2

Created

2018-02-28

Last edited

2021-12-20

Services

cognito-identity, cognito-idp, iam

Control-plane actions (13)

By access level: 1 List, 4 Read, 8 Write.

Data-plane actions (0)

By access level: none.

This policy grants no actions in this plane.

Excluded and conditional actions

No patterns are excluded by NotAction or Deny statements.

Resource scope and attachment

Resource scope across granted actions: all-resources.

Can be attached: Yes, to users, groups and roles.

Why this tier

• Grants 8 write, tagging or permissions-management actions, short of full control of any service.
• Grants iam:PassRole, but only for scoped roles or under conditions (for example iam:PassedToService).

Guidance

Pending editorial review. The permission data on this page comes straight from AWS; this section will be filled in once a reviewed guide exists.

Related policies

Same service

• AmazonCloudWatchRUMFullAccess
• AmazonCognitoDeveloperAuthenticatedIdentities
• AmazonCognitoIdpServiceRolePolicy
• AmazonCognitoPowerUser
• AmazonCognitoReadOnly
• AmazonOpenSearchServiceCognitoAccess

Same domain

• AccessAnalyzerServiceRolePolicy
• AccountManagementFromVercel
• AlexaForBusinessNetworkProfileServicePolicy
• AmazonAppStreamPCAAccess
• AmazonBioDiscoveryFullAccess
• AmazonBioDiscoveryInAppFullAccess
• AmazonChimeServiceRolePolicy
• AmazonCloudDirectoryFullAccess

Frequently asked questions

Pending editorial review. The permission data on this page comes straight from AWS; this section will be filled in once a reviewed guide exists.

Policy JSON

Download policy.json

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "cognito-idp:DescribeUserPool",
        "cognito-idp:CreateUserPoolClient",
        "cognito-idp:DeleteUserPoolClient",
        "cognito-idp:UpdateUserPoolClient",
        "cognito-idp:DescribeUserPoolClient",
        "cognito-idp:AdminInitiateAuth",
        "cognito-idp:AdminUserGlobalSignOut",
        "cognito-idp:ListUserPoolClients",
        "cognito-identity:DescribeIdentityPool",
        "cognito-identity:UpdateIdentityPool",
        "cognito-identity:SetIdentityPoolRoles",
        "cognito-identity:GetIdentityPoolRoles"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "iam:PassRole",
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringLike": {
          "iam:PassedToService": [
            "cognito-identity.amazonaws.com",
            "cognito-identity-us-gov.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v2, edited by AWS on 2021-12-20. Version history is recorded from 2026-11-11. Earlier versions are in the IAM console under Policy versions.

Attach snippets

aws iam attach-role-policy --role-name ROLE_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonESCognitoAccess
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonESCognitoAccess
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonESCognitoAccess

Resources:
  ExampleRole:
    Type: AWS::IAM::Role
    Properties:
      AssumeRolePolicyDocument: {}  # replace with your trust policy
      ManagedPolicyArns:
        - arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonESCognitoAccess

resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "amazonescognitoaccess" {
  role       = aws_iam_role.example.name
  policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonESCognitoAccess"
}

role.addManagedPolicy(
  iam.ManagedPolicy.fromAwsManagedPolicyName("AmazonESCognitoAccess"),
);

Sources

Pending editorial review. No editorial sources are listed yet.

• Official AWS reference for AmazonESCognitoAccess
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