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AWSMarketplaceSellerProductsReadOnly

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Summary

Provides sellers read-only access to the AWS Marketplace Management Products page. The AWS Marketplace Seller Guide says it allows viewing products on the AWS Marketplace Management Portal and viewing the Amazon EC2 AMI used in AMI-based products.

Permissions imported from the AWS Managed Policy Reference Guide; other sections reviewed against the listed AWS sources.

Identity

ARN
arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSMarketplaceSellerProductsReadOnly
Default version
v7
Created
Last edited
Services
aws-marketplace, ec2

Control-plane actions (10)

By access level: 5 List, 5 Read.

Control-plane actions by service
ServiceGrantedAccess levels and limitsGranted by
Marketplace8 of 973 List, 5 Read; 2 restricted, 0 conditionalaws-marketplace:DescribeAssessment, aws-marketplace:DescribeChangeSet, aws-marketplace:DescribeEntity, aws-marketplace:GetResourcePolicy, aws-marketplace:ListAssessments, aws-marketplace:ListChangeSets, aws-marketplace:ListEntities, aws-marketplace:ListTagsForResource
EC22 of 8342 List; 0 restricted, 0 conditionalec2:DescribeImages, ec2:DescribeSnapshots
Marketplace: 8 actions
  • aws-marketplace:DescribeAssessment (Read)
  • aws-marketplace:DescribeChangeSet (Read)
  • aws-marketplace:DescribeEntity (Read)
  • aws-marketplace:GetResourcePolicy (Read)
  • aws-marketplace:ListAssessments (List)
  • aws-marketplace:ListChangeSets (List)
  • aws-marketplace:ListEntities (List)
  • aws-marketplace:ListTagsForResource (Read)
EC2: 2 actions
  • ec2:DescribeImages (List)
  • ec2:DescribeSnapshots (List)

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: mixed.

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

Why this tier

  • Grants only List and Read actions.

Guidance

Practical scope

One statement on Resource "*" allows aws-marketplace:ListChangeSets, DescribeChangeSet, ListEntities, DescribeEntity, ListAssessments and DescribeAssessment, plus ec2:DescribeImages and ec2:DescribeSnapshots. aws-marketplace:ListTagsForResource and aws-marketplace:GetResourcePolicy are allowed only on arn:aws:aws-marketplace:*:*:AWSMarketplace/*.

Use cases

  • Let sellers view products on the AWS Marketplace Management Portal and the Amazon EC2 AMI used in AMI-based products without changing them.

Best practices

  • AWS managed policies don't grant least privilege permissions. The IAM User Guide suggests using IAM Access Analyzer to see which permissions principals actually use, then writing a custom policy or generating one with only the required permissions.
  • AWS managed policies might not grant least-privilege permissions for your specific use cases because they are available to all AWS customers. The AWS Marketplace Seller Guide recommends reducing permissions further with customer managed policies specific to your use cases.

Security considerations

  • The policy allows only List, Describe and Get actions. The Seller Guide describes it as read-only access.
  • You cannot change the permissions in an AWS managed policy. If AWS updates the policy, the update affects every user, group and role it is attached to.

Assignment guidance

You can attach this policy to your IAM identities (users, groups and roles). The reference page also links to guidance on creating a permission set using AWS managed policies in IAM Identity Center. It fits where read-only access to seller products is intended.

Related policies

Same service

Same domain

Frequently asked questions

When should I attach AWSMarketplaceSellerProductsReadOnly?
The AWS Marketplace Seller Guide says it grants read-only permissions to view products on the AWS Marketplace Management Portal and to view the Amazon EC2 AMI used in AMI-based products. Attach it to people who should see products but not change them.
What does AWSMarketplaceSellerProductsReadOnly grant?
It allows aws-marketplace: ListChangeSets, DescribeChangeSet, ListEntities, DescribeEntity, ListAssessments and DescribeAssessment on all resources, ec2:DescribeImages and ec2:DescribeSnapshots, and aws-marketplace:ListTagsForResource and GetResourcePolicy on AWSMarketplace resources.
What are the security risks of AWSMarketplaceSellerProductsReadOnly?
The policy has no write actions. AWS managed policies might not grant least-privilege permissions for your use case, and AWS updates to the policy affect every identity it is attached to.

Policy JSON

Download policy.json

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "aws-marketplace:ListChangeSets",
        "aws-marketplace:DescribeChangeSet",
        "aws-marketplace:ListEntities",
        "aws-marketplace:DescribeEntity",
        "aws-marketplace:ListAssessments",
        "aws-marketplace:DescribeAssessment",
        "ec2:DescribeImages",
        "ec2:DescribeSnapshots"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "aws-marketplace:ListTagsForResource"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:aws-marketplace:*:*:AWSMarketplace/*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "aws-marketplace:GetResourcePolicy"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:aws-marketplace:*:*:AWSMarketplace/*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v7, edited by AWS on 2026-02-12. Version history is recorded from 2026-11-11. Earlier versions are in the IAM console under Policy versions.

Attach snippets

AWS CLI

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

CloudFormation

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

Terraform

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

CDK (TypeScript)

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

Sources