AWSWAFConsoleReadOnlyAccess

Summary

Provides read-only access to AWS WAF via the AWS Management Console. Note that this policy also grants permissions to list Amazon CloudFront distributions, permissions to view load balancers on AWS Elastic Load Balancing, permissions to view Amazon API Gateway REST APIs and stages, permissions to list and view Amazon CloudWatch metrics, and permissions to view regions enabled within the account.

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

Identity

ARN

arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSWAFConsoleReadOnlyAccessCopy ARN

Default version

v21

Created

2020-04-06

Last edited

2026-07-01

Services

amplify, apigateway, apprunner, appsync, aws-marketplace, bedrock-agentcore, cloudfront, cloudwatch, cognito-idp, ec2, elasticloadbalancing, firehose, logs, pricing, pricingplanmanager, route53, s3, waf, waf-regional, wafv2

Control-plane actions (150)

By access level: 72 List, 78 Read.

Data-plane actions (3)

By access level: 1 List, 2 Read.

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 read access plus query or analysis actions that expose data.

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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• AWSWAFReadOnlyAccess

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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": [
    {
      "Sid": "AllowReadOnlyOfAWSWAFClassic",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "waf:Get*",
        "waf:List*",
        "waf-regional:Get*",
        "waf-regional:List*"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:waf::*:bytematchset/*",
        "arn:aws:waf::*:ipset/*",
        "arn:aws:waf::*:ratebasedrule/*",
        "arn:aws:waf::*:rule/*",
        "arn:aws:waf::*:sizeconstraintset/*",
        "arn:aws:waf::*:sqlinjectionset/*",
        "arn:aws:waf::*:webacl/*",
        "arn:aws:waf::*:xssmatchset/*",
        "arn:aws:waf::*:regexmatch/*",
        "arn:aws:waf::*:regexpatternset/*",
        "arn:aws:waf::*:geomatchset/*",
        "arn:aws:waf::*:rulegroup/*",
        "arn:aws:waf:*:*:changetoken/*",
        "arn:aws:waf-regional:*:*:bytematchset/*",
        "arn:aws:waf-regional:*:*:ipset/*",
        "arn:aws:waf-regional:*:*:ratebasedrule/*",
        "arn:aws:waf-regional:*:*:rule/*",
        "arn:aws:waf-regional:*:*:sizeconstraintset/*",
        "arn:aws:waf-regional:*:*:sqlinjectionset/*",
        "arn:aws:waf-regional:*:*:webacl/*",
        "arn:aws:waf-regional:*:*:xssmatchset/*",
        "arn:aws:waf-regional:*:*:regexmatch/*",
        "arn:aws:waf-regional:*:*:regexpatternset/*",
        "arn:aws:waf-regional:*:*:geomatchset/*",
        "arn:aws:waf-regional:*:*:rulegroup/*",
        "arn:aws:waf-regional:*:*:changetoken/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowWAFClassicGetWebACLForResource",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "waf-regional:GetWebACLForResource"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:waf-regional:*:*:*/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowReadOnlyOfAWSWAF",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "wafv2:Get*",
        "wafv2:List*",
        "wafv2:Describe*",
        "wafv2:CheckCapacity"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:wafv2:*:*:*/webacl/*/*",
        "arn:aws:wafv2:*:*:*/ipset/*/*",
        "arn:aws:wafv2:*:*:*/managedruleset/*/*",
        "arn:aws:wafv2:*:*:*/rulegroup/*/*",
        "arn:aws:wafv2:*:*:*/regexpatternset/*/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowEC2DescribeRegions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:DescribeRegions"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowListActionsForCloudWatch",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "cloudwatch:GetMetricData",
        "cloudwatch:GetMetricStatistics",
        "cloudwatch:ListMetrics"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowGetActionForCloudFront",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "cloudfront:GetDistributionConfig",
        "cloudfront:GetDistribution"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:cloudfront::*:distribution/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowListActionsForCloudFront",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "cloudfront:ListDistributions",
        "cloudfront:ListDistributionsByWebACLId"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowGetActionForCloudFrontTenant",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "cloudfront:GetDistributionTenant"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:cloudfront::*:distribution-tenant/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowListActionsForCloudFrontTenant",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "cloudfront:ListDistributionTenants",
        "cloudfront:ListDistributionTenantsByCustomization"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowGetActionsForALB",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "elasticloadbalancing:GetLoadBalancerWebACL"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:*:*:loadbalancer/app/*/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowListActionsForALB",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeLoadBalancers",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeWebACLAssociation"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowListActionsForAPIGateway",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "apigateway:GET"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:apigateway:*::/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowGetActionsForAppSync",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "appsync:GetWebACLForResource"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:appsync:*:*:apis/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowListActionsForAppSync",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "appsync:ListGraphqlApis",
        "appsync:ListApis",
        "appsync:ListResourcesForWebACL"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowGetActionForCognito",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "cognito-idp:GetWebACLForResource"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:cognito-idp:*:*:userpool/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowListActionsForCognito",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "cognito-idp:ListUserPools",
        "cognito-idp:ListResourcesForWebACL"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowGetActionForAppRunner",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "apprunner:DescribeWebAclForService"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:apprunner:*:*:service/*/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowListActionsForAppRunner",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "apprunner:ListServices",
        "apprunner:ListAssociatedServicesForWebAcl"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowGetActionForAVA",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:GetVerifiedAccessInstanceWebAcl"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:verified-access-instance/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowListActionsForAVA",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:DescribeVerifiedAccessInstances",
        "ec2:DescribeVerifiedAccessInstanceWebAclAssociations"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowGetActionForAmplify",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "amplify:GetWebACLForResource"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:amplify:*:*:apps/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowListActionsForAmplify",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "amplify:ListApps",
        "amplify:ListResourcesForWebACL"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowS3ListAllMyBuckets",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "s3:ListAllMyBuckets"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowLogGroupDescribeActions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "logs:DescribeResourcePolicies",
        "logs:DescribeLogGroups"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowListActionForFirehoseStream",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "firehose:ListDeliveryStreams"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowActionsForPricing",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "pricing:ListPriceLists",
        "pricing:GetPriceListFileUrl"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowMarketplaceViewSubscriptions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "aws-marketplace:ViewSubscriptions"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowLogQueryActions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "logs:StartQuery",
        "logs:DescribeQueryDefinitions",
        "logs:GetQueryResults"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:logs:*:*:log-group:aws-waf-logs-*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowListActionsForPricingPlanManager",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "pricingplanmanager:GetSubscription"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:pricingplanmanager::*:subscription:*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowListActionsForRoute53",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "route53:ListHostedZones",
        "route53:GetHostedZone"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowListSubscriptionsForPricingPlanManager",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "pricingplanmanager:ListSubscriptions"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowGetActionForAgentCoreGateway",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "bedrock-agentcore:GatewayGetWebACLForResource",
        "bedrock-agentcore:GetGateway"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:bedrock-agentcore:*:*:gateway/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowListActionsForAgentCoreGateway",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "bedrock-agentcore:GatewayListResourcesForWebACL",
        "bedrock-agentcore:ListGateways"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v21, edited by AWS on 2026-07-01. 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/AWSWAFConsoleReadOnlyAccess
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSWAFConsoleReadOnlyAccess
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSWAFConsoleReadOnlyAccess

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

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

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

Sources

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• Official AWS reference for AWSWAFConsoleReadOnlyAccess
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