AWSNetworkFirewallFullAccess

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Summary

Grants full access to AWS Network Firewall service, including permissions to create, configure, manage, and delete firewall resources, policies, and rule groups. Additionally includes permissions to modify VPC endpoints, S3 bucket policies, CloudWatch Logs configurations, and create service-linked roles for Network Firewall and log delivery services

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSNetworkFirewallFullAccess
Default version: v3
Created: 2025-06-10
Last edited: 2026-02-12
Services: ec2, firehose, iam, logs, network-firewall, s3

Control-plane actions (64)

By access level: 14 List, 2 Permissions management, 13 Read, 3 Tagging, 32 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
EC2	7 of 834	4 List, 1 Read, 2 Write; 2 restricted, 2 conditional	ec2:CreateVpcEndpoint, ec2:DeleteVpcEndpoints, ec2:DescribeRouteTables, ec2:DescribeSubnets, ec2:DescribeVpcEndpoints, ec2:DescribeVpcs, ec2:GetManagedPrefixListEntries
Firehose	1 of 10	1 Tagging; 1 restricted, 0 conditional	firehose:TagDeliveryStream
IAM	1 of 190	1 Write; 1 restricted, 0 conditional	iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole
CloudWatch Logs	8 of 133	3 List, 1 Permissions management, 1 Read, 3 Write; 3 restricted, 0 conditional	logs:CreateLogDelivery, logs:DeleteLogDelivery, logs:DescribeLogGroups, logs:DescribeResourcePolicies, logs:GetLogDelivery, logs:ListLogDeliveries, logs:PutResourcePolicy, logs:UpdateLogDelivery
Network Firewall	45 of 89	7 List, 10 Read, 2 Tagging, 26 Write; 45 restricted, 0 conditional	network-firewall:AssociateFirewallPolicy, network-firewall:AssociateSubnets, network-firewall:CreateFirewall, network-firewall:CreateFirewallPolicy, network-firewall:CreateRuleGroup, network-firewall:CreateTLSInspectionConfiguration, network-firewall:DeleteFirewall, network-firewall:DeleteFirewallPolicy, network-firewall:DeleteResourcePolicy, network-firewall:DeleteRuleGroup, network-firewall:DeleteTLSInspectionConfiguration, network-firewall:DescribeFirewall and 33 more
S3	2 of 155	1 Permissions management, 1 Read; 2 restricted, 2 conditional	s3:GetBucketPolicy, s3:PutBucketPolicy

EC2: 7 actions

ec2:CreateVpcEndpoint (Write)
ec2:DeleteVpcEndpoints (Write)
ec2:DescribeRouteTables (List)
ec2:DescribeSubnets (List)
ec2:DescribeVpcEndpoints (List)
ec2:DescribeVpcs (List)
ec2:GetManagedPrefixListEntries (Read)

Firehose: 1 actions

firehose:TagDeliveryStream (Tagging)

IAM: 1 actions

iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole (Write)

CloudWatch Logs: 8 actions

logs:CreateLogDelivery (Write)
logs:DeleteLogDelivery (Write)
logs:DescribeLogGroups (List)
logs:DescribeResourcePolicies (List)
logs:GetLogDelivery (Read)
logs:ListLogDeliveries (List)
logs:PutResourcePolicy (Permissions management)
logs:UpdateLogDelivery (Write)

Network Firewall: 45 actions

network-firewall:AssociateFirewallPolicy (Write)
network-firewall:AssociateSubnets (Write)
network-firewall:CreateFirewall (Write)
network-firewall:CreateFirewallPolicy (Write)
network-firewall:CreateRuleGroup (Write)
network-firewall:CreateTLSInspectionConfiguration (Write)
network-firewall:DeleteFirewall (Write)
network-firewall:DeleteFirewallPolicy (Write)
network-firewall:DeleteResourcePolicy (Write)
network-firewall:DeleteRuleGroup (Write)
network-firewall:DeleteTLSInspectionConfiguration (Write)
network-firewall:DescribeFirewall (Read)
network-firewall:DescribeFirewallPolicy (Read)
network-firewall:DescribeFlowOperation (Read)
network-firewall:DescribeLoggingConfiguration (Read)
network-firewall:DescribeResourcePolicy (Read)
network-firewall:DescribeRuleGroup (Read)
network-firewall:DescribeRuleGroupMetadata (Read)
network-firewall:DescribeTLSInspectionConfiguration (Read)
network-firewall:DisassociateSubnets (Write)
network-firewall:GetAnalysisReportResults (Read)
network-firewall:ListAnalysisReports (List)
network-firewall:ListFirewallPolicies (List)
network-firewall:ListFirewalls (List)
network-firewall:ListFlowOperationResults (Read)
network-firewall:ListFlowOperations (List)
network-firewall:ListRuleGroups (List)
network-firewall:ListTLSInspectionConfigurations (List)
network-firewall:ListTagsForResource (List)
network-firewall:PutResourcePolicy (Write)
network-firewall:StartAnalysisReport (Write)
network-firewall:StartFlowCapture (Write)
network-firewall:StartFlowFlush (Write)
network-firewall:TagResource (Tagging)
network-firewall:UntagResource (Tagging)
network-firewall:UpdateFirewallAnalysisSettings (Write)
network-firewall:UpdateFirewallDeleteProtection (Write)
network-firewall:UpdateFirewallDescription (Write)
network-firewall:UpdateFirewallEncryptionConfiguration (Write)
network-firewall:UpdateFirewallPolicy (Write)
network-firewall:UpdateFirewallPolicyChangeProtection (Write)
network-firewall:UpdateLoggingConfiguration (Write)
network-firewall:UpdateRuleGroup (Write)
network-firewall:UpdateSubnetChangeProtection (Write)
network-firewall:UpdateTLSInspectionConfiguration (Write)

S3: 2 actions

s3:GetBucketPolicy (Read)
s3:PutBucketPolicy (Permissions management)

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 37 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.

Same service

Same domain

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": [
    {
      "Sid": "NetworkFirewall",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "network-firewall:ListAnalysisReports",
        "network-firewall:ListFirewallPolicies",
        "network-firewall:ListFirewalls",
        "network-firewall:ListFlowOperations",
        "network-firewall:ListRuleGroups",
        "network-firewall:ListTagsForResource",
        "network-firewall:ListTLSInspectionConfigurations",
        "network-firewall:DescribeFirewall",
        "network-firewall:DescribeFirewallPolicy",
        "network-firewall:DescribeFlowOperation",
        "network-firewall:DescribeLoggingConfiguration",
        "network-firewall:DescribeResourcePolicy",
        "network-firewall:DescribeRuleGroup",
        "network-firewall:DescribeRuleGroupMetadata",
        "network-firewall:DescribeTLSInspectionConfiguration",
        "network-firewall:GetAnalysisReportResults",
        "network-firewall:ListFlowOperationResults",
        "network-firewall:TagResource",
        "network-firewall:UntagResource",
        "network-firewall:AssociateFirewallPolicy",
        "network-firewall:AssociateSubnets",
        "network-firewall:CreateFirewall",
        "network-firewall:CreateFirewallPolicy",
        "network-firewall:CreateRuleGroup",
        "network-firewall:CreateTLSInspectionConfiguration",
        "network-firewall:DeleteFirewall",
        "network-firewall:DeleteFirewallPolicy",
        "network-firewall:DeleteResourcePolicy",
        "network-firewall:DeleteRuleGroup",
        "network-firewall:DeleteTLSInspectionConfiguration",
        "network-firewall:DisassociateSubnets",
        "network-firewall:PutResourcePolicy",
        "network-firewall:StartAnalysisReport",
        "network-firewall:StartFlowCapture",
        "network-firewall:StartFlowFlush",
        "network-firewall:UpdateFirewallAnalysisSettings",
        "network-firewall:UpdateFirewallDeleteProtection",
        "network-firewall:UpdateFirewallDescription",
        "network-firewall:UpdateFirewallEncryptionConfiguration",
        "network-firewall:UpdateFirewallPolicy",
        "network-firewall:UpdateFirewallPolicyChangeProtection",
        "network-firewall:UpdateLoggingConfiguration",
        "network-firewall:UpdateRuleGroup",
        "network-firewall:UpdateSubnetChangeProtection",
        "network-firewall:UpdateTLSInspectionConfiguration"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:network-firewall:*:*:*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "NetworkFirewallEC2",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:DescribeRouteTables",
        "ec2:DescribeSubnets",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcEndpoints",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcs",
        "ec2:GetManagedPrefixListEntries"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "NetworkFirewallCreateVpcEndpoint",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CreateVpcEndpoint"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:RequestTag/AWSNetworkFirewallManaged": "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "NetworkFirewallDeleteVpcEndpoints",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:DeleteVpcEndpoints"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/AWSNetworkFirewallManaged": "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "NetworkFirewallLogging",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "logs:CreateLogDelivery",
        "logs:DeleteLogDelivery",
        "logs:GetLogDelivery",
        "logs:ListLogDeliveries",
        "logs:UpdateLogDelivery"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "NetworkFirewallLoggingCWL",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "logs:DescribeLogGroups",
        "logs:DescribeResourcePolicies",
        "logs:PutResourcePolicy"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:logs:*:*:*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "NetworkFirewallLoggingS3",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "s3:GetBucketPolicy",
        "s3:PutBucketPolicy"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceAccount": "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "NetworkFirewallLoggingFirehose",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "firehose:TagDeliveryStream",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:firehose:*:*:*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "NetworkFirewallSLR",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole",
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/aws-service-role/network-firewall.amazonaws.com/AWSServiceRoleForNetworkFirewall"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "iam:AWSServiceName": "network-firewall.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "NetworkFirewallLogDeliverySLR",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/aws-service-role/delivery.logs.amazonaws.com/AWSServiceRoleForLogDelivery"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v3, 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/AWSNetworkFirewallFullAccess
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSNetworkFirewallFullAccess
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSNetworkFirewallFullAccess

CloudFormation

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

Terraform

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

CDK (TypeScript)

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

Sources

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