AWSServiceCatalogAdminFullAccess

Summary

Provides full access to service catalog admin capabilities

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

Identity

ARN

arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSServiceCatalogAdminFullAccessCopy ARN

Default version

v9

Created

2018-02-15

Last edited

2026-08-04

Services

cloudformation, config, iam, servicecatalog, ssm

Control-plane actions (157)

By access level: 39 List, 4 Permissions management, 37 Read, 4 Tagging, 73 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: mixed.

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

Why this tier

• Grants at least 80% of the write and permissions-management actions of: servicecatalog (61 of 64).
• 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.

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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": [
        "cloudformation:CreateStack",
        "cloudformation:DeleteStack",
        "cloudformation:DescribeStackEvents",
        "cloudformation:DescribeStacks",
        "cloudformation:SetStackPolicy",
        "cloudformation:UpdateStack",
        "cloudformation:CreateChangeSet",
        "cloudformation:DescribeChangeSet",
        "cloudformation:ExecuteChangeSet",
        "cloudformation:ListChangeSets",
        "cloudformation:DeleteChangeSet",
        "cloudformation:ListStackResources",
        "cloudformation:TagResource",
        "cloudformation:UntagResource",
        "cloudformation:CreateStackSet",
        "cloudformation:CreateStackInstances",
        "cloudformation:UpdateStackSet",
        "cloudformation:UpdateStackInstances",
        "cloudformation:DeleteStackSet",
        "cloudformation:DeleteStackInstances",
        "cloudformation:DescribeStackSet",
        "cloudformation:DescribeStackInstance",
        "cloudformation:DescribeStackSetOperation",
        "cloudformation:ListStackInstances",
        "cloudformation:ListStackSetOperations",
        "cloudformation:ListStackSetOperationResults"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:cloudformation:*:*:stack/SC-*",
        "arn:aws:cloudformation:*:*:stack/StackSet-SC-*",
        "arn:aws:cloudformation:*:*:changeSet/SC-*",
        "arn:aws:cloudformation:*:*:stackset/SC-*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "cloudformation:CreateUploadBucket",
        "cloudformation:GetTemplateSummary",
        "cloudformation:ValidateTemplate",
        "iam:GetGroup",
        "iam:GetRole",
        "iam:GetUser",
        "iam:ListGroups",
        "iam:ListRoles",
        "iam:ListUsers",
        "servicecatalog:Get*",
        "servicecatalog:Scan*",
        "servicecatalog:Search*",
        "servicecatalog:List*",
        "servicecatalog:TagResource",
        "servicecatalog:UntagResource",
        "servicecatalog:SyncResource",
        "ssm:DescribeDocument",
        "ssm:GetAutomationExecution",
        "ssm:ListDocuments",
        "ssm:ListDocumentVersions",
        "config:DescribeConfigurationRecorders",
        "config:DescribeConfigurationRecorderStatus"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "servicecatalog:Accept*",
        "servicecatalog:Associate*",
        "servicecatalog:Batch*",
        "servicecatalog:Copy*",
        "servicecatalog:Create*",
        "servicecatalog:Delete*",
        "servicecatalog:Describe*",
        "servicecatalog:Disable*",
        "servicecatalog:Disassociate*",
        "servicecatalog:Enable*",
        "servicecatalog:Execute*",
        "servicecatalog:Import*",
        "servicecatalog:Provision*",
        "servicecatalog:Put*",
        "servicecatalog:Reject*",
        "servicecatalog:Terminate*",
        "servicecatalog:Update*"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "iam:PassRole",
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "iam:PassedToService": "servicecatalog.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:role/aws-service-role/orgsdatasync.servicecatalog.amazonaws.com/AWSServiceRoleForServiceCatalogOrgsDataSync",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "iam:AWSServiceName": "orgsdatasync.servicecatalog.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v9, edited by AWS on 2026-08-04. 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/AWSServiceCatalogAdminFullAccess
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSServiceCatalogAdminFullAccess
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSServiceCatalogAdminFullAccess

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

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

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

Sources

Pending editorial review. No editorial sources are listed yet.

• Official AWS reference for AWSServiceCatalogAdminFullAccess
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