AmazonVPCCrossAccountNetworkInterfaceOperations

Summary

Provides access to create network interfaces and attach them to cross-account resources

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

Identity

ARN

arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonVPCCrossAccountNetworkInterfaceOperationsCopy ARN

Default version

v5

Created

2017-07-18

Last edited

2023-09-25

Services

ec2

Control-plane actions (20)

By access level: 8 List, 2 Permissions management, 10 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 12 write, tagging or permissions-management actions, short of full control of any service.

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.

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• AmazonDataZoneProjectRolePermissionsBoundary
• AmazonDataZoneSageMakerProvisioningRolePolicy

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• AmazonEC2ContainerServiceRole
• AmazonEC2FullAccess

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": [
        "ec2:DescribeRouteTables",
        "ec2:CreateRoute",
        "ec2:DeleteRoute",
        "ec2:ReplaceRoute"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:DescribeNetworkInterfaces",
        "ec2:CreateNetworkInterface",
        "ec2:DeleteNetworkInterface",
        "ec2:CreateNetworkInterfacePermission",
        "ec2:DeleteNetworkInterfacePermission",
        "ec2:DescribeNetworkInterfacePermissions",
        "ec2:ModifyNetworkInterfaceAttribute",
        "ec2:DescribeNetworkInterfaceAttribute",
        "ec2:DescribeAvailabilityZones",
        "ec2:DescribeRegions",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcs",
        "ec2:DescribeSubnets"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:AssignPrivateIpAddresses",
        "ec2:UnassignPrivateIpAddresses"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:AssignIpv6Addresses",
        "ec2:UnassignIpv6Addresses"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "*"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v5, edited by AWS on 2023-09-25. 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/AmazonVPCCrossAccountNetworkInterfaceOperations
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonVPCCrossAccountNetworkInterfaceOperations
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonVPCCrossAccountNetworkInterfaceOperations

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

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

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

Sources

Pending editorial review. No editorial sources are listed yet.

• Official AWS reference for AmazonVPCCrossAccountNetworkInterfaceOperations
• Report a data issue