AWSServiceRoleForImageBuilder

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Summary

Allows EC2ImageBuilder to call AWS services on your behalf.

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/aws-service-role/AWSServiceRoleForImageBuilder
Default version: v29
Created: 2019-11-29
Last edited: 2026-10-27
Services: ec2, ecr, events, iam, imagebuilder, inspector2, kms, license-manager, logs, sns, ssm, sts

Control-plane actions (77)

By access level: 20 List, 2 Permissions management, 9 Read, 4 Tagging, 42 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
EC2	32 of 834	14 List, 1 Permissions management, 1 Tagging, 16 Write; 11 restricted, 8 conditional	ec2:AttachImageWatermark, ec2:CancelExportTask, ec2:CopyImage, ec2:CreateImage, ec2:CreateLaunchTemplate, ec2:CreateLaunchTemplateVersion, ec2:CreateTags, ec2:DeregisterImage, ec2:DescribeExportImageTasks, ec2:DescribeHosts, ec2:DescribeImages, ec2:DescribeImportImageTasks and 20 more
Elastic Container Registry	3 of 65	1 Tagging, 2 Write; 3 restricted, 3 conditional	ecr:BatchDeleteImage, ecr:CreateRepository, ecr:TagResource
EventBridge	5 of 71	1 Read, 4 Write; 5 restricted, 0 conditional	events:DeleteRule, events:DescribeRule, events:PutRule, events:PutTargets, events:RemoveTargets
IAM	2 of 190	2 Write; 2 restricted, 2 conditional	iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole, iam:PassRole
EC2 Image Builder	2 of 77	1 Tagging, 1 Write; 2 restricted, 2 conditional	imagebuilder:StartImagePipelineExecution, imagebuilder:TagResource
Inspector2	5 of 84	3 List, 1 Read, 1 Write; 3 restricted, 0 conditional	inspector2:GetOnDemandScanStatus, inspector2:ListCoverage, inspector2:ListFindings, inspector2:ListOnDemandScans, inspector2:StartOnDemandScan
KMS	7 of 58	1 Permissions management, 1 Read, 5 Write; 7 restricted, 7 conditional	kms:CreateGrant, kms:Decrypt, kms:DescribeKey, kms:Encrypt, kms:GenerateDataKeyWithoutPlaintext, kms:ReEncryptFrom, kms:ReEncryptTo
License Manager	1 of 62	1 Write; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	license-manager:UpdateLicenseSpecificationsForResource
CloudWatch Logs	3 of 133	3 Write; 3 restricted, 0 conditional	logs:CreateLogGroup, logs:CreateLogStream, logs:PutLogEvents
Systems Manager	16 of 164	3 List, 6 Read, 1 Tagging, 6 Write; 5 restricted, 0 conditional	ssm:AddTagsToResource, ssm:CreateAssociation, ssm:DeleteAssociation, ssm:DescribeAssociationExecutions, ssm:DescribeInstanceAssociationsStatus, ssm:DescribeInstanceInformation, ssm:GetAutomationExecution, ssm:GetCommandInvocation, ssm:GetParameter, ssm:ListCommandInvocations, ssm:ListCommands, ssm:ListInventoryEntries and 4 more
STS	1 of 16	1 Write; 1 restricted, 0 conditional	sts:AssumeRole

EC2: 32 actions

ec2:AttachImageWatermark (Write)
ec2:CancelExportTask (Write)
ec2:CopyImage (Write)
ec2:CreateImage (Write)
ec2:CreateLaunchTemplate (Write)
ec2:CreateLaunchTemplateVersion (Write)
ec2:CreateTags (Tagging)
ec2:DeregisterImage (Write)
ec2:DescribeExportImageTasks (List)
ec2:DescribeHosts (List)
ec2:DescribeImages (List)
ec2:DescribeImportImageTasks (List)
ec2:DescribeInstanceAttribute (List)
ec2:DescribeInstanceStatus (List)
ec2:DescribeInstanceTypeOfferings (List)
ec2:DescribeInstanceTypes (List)
ec2:DescribeInstances (List)
ec2:DescribeLaunchTemplateVersions (List)
ec2:DescribeLaunchTemplates (List)
ec2:DescribeSnapshots (List)
ec2:DescribeSubnets (List)
ec2:DescribeTags (List)
ec2:EnableFastLaunch (Write)
ec2:ExportImage (Write)
ec2:ModifyImageAttribute (Write)
ec2:ModifyLaunchTemplate (Write)
ec2:ModifySnapshotAttribute (Permissions management)
ec2:RegisterImage (Write)
ec2:RunInstances (Write)
ec2:StartInstances (Write)
ec2:StopInstances (Write)
ec2:TerminateInstances (Write)

Elastic Container Registry: 3 actions

ecr:BatchDeleteImage (Write)
ecr:CreateRepository (Write)
ecr:TagResource (Tagging)

EventBridge: 5 actions

events:DeleteRule (Write)
events:DescribeRule (Read)
events:PutRule (Write)
events:PutTargets (Write)
events:RemoveTargets (Write)

IAM: 2 actions

iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole (Write)
iam:PassRole (Write)

EC2 Image Builder: 2 actions

imagebuilder:StartImagePipelineExecution (Write)
imagebuilder:TagResource (Tagging)

Inspector2: 5 actions

inspector2:GetOnDemandScanStatus (Read)
inspector2:ListCoverage (List)
inspector2:ListFindings (List)
inspector2:ListOnDemandScans (List)
inspector2:StartOnDemandScan (Write)

KMS: 7 actions

kms:CreateGrant (Permissions management)
kms:Decrypt (Write)
kms:DescribeKey (Read)
kms:Encrypt (Write)
kms:GenerateDataKeyWithoutPlaintext (Write)
kms:ReEncryptFrom (Write)
kms:ReEncryptTo (Write)

License Manager: 1 actions

license-manager:UpdateLicenseSpecificationsForResource (Write)

CloudWatch Logs: 3 actions

logs:CreateLogGroup (Write)
logs:CreateLogStream (Write)
logs:PutLogEvents (Write)

Systems Manager: 16 actions

ssm:AddTagsToResource (Tagging)
ssm:CreateAssociation (Write)
ssm:DeleteAssociation (Write)
ssm:DescribeAssociationExecutions (Read)
ssm:DescribeInstanceAssociationsStatus (Read)
ssm:DescribeInstanceInformation (Read)
ssm:GetAutomationExecution (Read)
ssm:GetCommandInvocation (Read)
ssm:GetParameter (Read)
ssm:ListCommandInvocations (List)
ssm:ListCommands (List)
ssm:ListInventoryEntries (List)
ssm:PutParameter (Write)
ssm:SendAutomationSignal (Write)
ssm:SendCommand (Write)
ssm:StopAutomationExecution (Write)

STS: 1 actions

sts:AssumeRole (Write)

Data-plane actions (1)

By access level: 1 Write.

Data-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
SNS	All 1 actions (see the SNS page)	1 Write; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	sns:Publish

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: No (service-linked role policy).

Why this tier

Grants 49 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.

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": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "ec2:RegisterImage",
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*::image/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:RequestTag/CreatedBy": "EC2 Image Builder"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "ec2:RegisterImage",
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*::snapshot/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "ec2:ResourceTag/CreatedBy": "EC2 Image Builder"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:RunInstances"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*::image/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*::snapshot/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:subnet/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:network-interface/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:security-group/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:key-pair/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:launch-template/*",
        "arn:aws:license-manager:*:*:license-configuration:*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:RunInstances"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:volume/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:RequestTag/CreatedBy": [
            "EC2 Image Builder",
            "EC2 Fast Launch"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "iam:PassRole",
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "iam:PassedToService": [
            "ec2.amazonaws.com",
            "ec2.amazonaws.com.cn",
            "vmie.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:StopInstances",
        "ec2:StartInstances",
        "ec2:TerminateInstances"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "ec2:ResourceTag/CreatedBy": "EC2 Image Builder"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CopyImage",
        "ec2:CreateImage",
        "ec2:CreateLaunchTemplate",
        "ec2:DeregisterImage",
        "ec2:DescribeImages",
        "ec2:DescribeInstanceAttribute",
        "ec2:DescribeInstanceStatus",
        "ec2:DescribeInstances",
        "ec2:DescribeInstanceTypeOfferings",
        "ec2:DescribeInstanceTypes",
        "ec2:DescribeSubnets",
        "ec2:DescribeTags",
        "ec2:ModifyImageAttribute",
        "ec2:DescribeImportImageTasks",
        "ec2:DescribeExportImageTasks",
        "ec2:DescribeSnapshots",
        "ec2:DescribeHosts"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:ModifySnapshotAttribute"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ec2:*::snapshot/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "ec2:ResourceTag/CreatedBy": "EC2 Image Builder"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CreateTags"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "ec2:CreateAction": [
            "RunInstances",
            "CreateImage"
          ],
          "aws:RequestTag/CreatedBy": [
            "EC2 Image Builder",
            "EC2 Fast Launch"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CreateTags"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*::image/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:export-image-task/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CreateTags"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*::snapshot/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:launch-template/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:RequestTag/CreatedBy": [
            "EC2 Image Builder",
            "EC2 Fast Launch"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "license-manager:UpdateLicenseSpecificationsForResource"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "sns:Publish"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:ListCommands",
        "ssm:ListCommandInvocations",
        "ssm:AddTagsToResource",
        "ssm:DescribeInstanceInformation",
        "ssm:GetAutomationExecution",
        "ssm:StopAutomationExecution",
        "ssm:ListInventoryEntries",
        "ssm:SendAutomationSignal",
        "ssm:DescribeInstanceAssociationsStatus",
        "ssm:DescribeAssociationExecutions",
        "ssm:GetCommandInvocation"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "ssm:SendCommand",
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:document/AWS-RunPowerShellScript",
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:document/AWS-RunShellScript",
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:document/AWSEC2-RunSysprep",
        "arn:aws:s3:::*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:SendCommand"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "ssm:resourceTag/CreatedBy": [
            "EC2 Image Builder"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:CreateAssociation",
        "ssm:DeleteAssociation"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:document/AWS-GatherSoftwareInventory",
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:association/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "kms:Encrypt",
        "kms:Decrypt",
        "kms:ReEncryptFrom",
        "kms:ReEncryptTo",
        "kms:GenerateDataKeyWithoutPlaintext"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "ForAllValues:StringEquals": {
          "kms:EncryptionContextKeys": [
            "aws:ebs:id"
          ]
        },
        "StringLike": {
          "kms:ViaService": [
            "ec2.*.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "kms:DescribeKey"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringLike": {
          "kms:ViaService": [
            "ec2.*.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "kms:CreateGrant",
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "Bool": {
          "kms:GrantIsForAWSResource": true
        },
        "StringLike": {
          "kms:ViaService": [
            "ec2.*.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "sts:AssumeRole",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:role/EC2ImageBuilderDistributionCrossAccountRole"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "logs:CreateLogStream",
        "logs:CreateLogGroup",
        "logs:PutLogEvents"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:logs:*:*:log-group:/aws/imagebuilder/*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CreateLaunchTemplateVersion",
        "ec2:DescribeLaunchTemplates",
        "ec2:ModifyLaunchTemplate",
        "ec2:DescribeLaunchTemplateVersions"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:ExportImage"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ec2:*::image/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "ec2:ResourceTag/CreatedBy": "EC2 Image Builder"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:ExportImage"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:export-image-task/*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CancelExportTask"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:export-image-task/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "ec2:ResourceTag/CreatedBy": "EC2 Image Builder"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole",
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "iam:AWSServiceName": [
            "agentless.inspector2.amazonaws.com",
            "ami.inspector2.amazonaws.com",
            "ec2fastlaunch.amazonaws.com",
            "inspector2.amazonaws.com",
            "ssm.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:EnableFastLaunch"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*::image/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:launch-template/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "ec2:ResourceTag/CreatedBy": "EC2 Image Builder"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:AttachImageWatermark"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ec2:*::image/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "ec2:ResourceTag/CreatedBy": "EC2 Image Builder"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "inspector2:ListCoverage",
        "inspector2:ListFindings"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "inspector2:StartOnDemandScan",
        "inspector2:GetOnDemandScanStatus",
        "inspector2:ListOnDemandScans"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:inspector2:*:*:*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ecr:CreateRepository"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:RequestTag/CreatedBy": "EC2 Image Builder"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ecr:TagResource"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ecr:*:*:repository/image-builder-*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:RequestTag/CreatedBy": "EC2 Image Builder"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ecr:BatchDeleteImage"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ecr:*:*:repository/image-builder-*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "ecr:ResourceTag/CreatedBy": "EC2 Image Builder"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "events:DeleteRule",
        "events:DescribeRule",
        "events:PutRule",
        "events:PutTargets",
        "events:RemoveTargets"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:events:*:*:rule/ImageBuilder-*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:GetParameter",
        "ssm:PutParameter"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:parameter/imagebuilder/*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:GetParameter"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ssm:*::parameter/aws/service/*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "imagebuilder:StartImagePipelineExecution",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:imagebuilder:*:*:image-pipeline/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceAccount": "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "imagebuilder:TagResource",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:imagebuilder:*:*:image-pipeline/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceAccount": "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v29, edited by AWS on 2026-10-27. Version history is recorded from 2026-11-11. Earlier versions are in the IAM console under Policy versions.

Attach snippets

This policy cannot be attached to users, groups or roles, so there are no attach snippets.

Sources

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