EC2ImageBuilderExecutionPolicy

Summary

Grants permissions that allow EC2 Image Builder 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/EC2ImageBuilderExecutionPolicyCopy ARN

Default version

v3

Created

2026-06-04

Last edited

2026-10-27

Services

ec2, ecr, events, iam, imagebuilder, inspector2, kms, license-manager, logs, sns, ssm, sts

Control-plane actions (72)

By access level: 19 List, 2 Permissions management, 8 Read, 4 Tagging, 39 Write.

Data-plane actions (1)

By access level: 1 Write.

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 46 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.

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Same domain

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• AmazonEC2ContainerServiceRole
• AmazonEC2FullAccess

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": "RunInstancesPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:RunInstances"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*::image/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*::snapshot/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:key-pair/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:launch-template/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:network-interface/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:security-group/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:subnet/*",
        "arn:aws:license-manager:*:*:license-configuration:*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "RunInstancesWithEC2ImageBuilderRequestTagsPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:RunInstances"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:volume/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:RequestTag/CreatedBy": [
            "EC2 Image Builder",
            "EC2 Fast Launch"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "IAMPassRolePermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iam:PassRole"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "iam:PassedToService": [
            "ec2.amazonaws.com",
            "ec2.amazonaws.com.cn",
            "vmie.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "EC2InstanceStateChangePermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:StartInstances",
        "ec2:StopInstances",
        "ec2:TerminateInstances"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/CreatedBy": "EC2 Image Builder"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "EC2ReadOnlyPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:DescribeExportImageTasks",
        "ec2:DescribeHosts",
        "ec2:DescribeImages",
        "ec2:DescribeImportImageTasks",
        "ec2:DescribeInstanceAttribute",
        "ec2:DescribeInstances",
        "ec2:DescribeInstanceStatus",
        "ec2:DescribeInstanceTypes",
        "ec2:DescribeInstanceTypeOfferings",
        "ec2:DescribeSnapshots",
        "ec2:DescribeSubnets",
        "ec2:DescribeTags"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "EC2CopyPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CopyImage"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "EC2CreateImagePermissionsForImage",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CreateImage"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*::image/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*::snapshot/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:RequestTag/CreatedBy": "EC2 Image Builder"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "EC2CreateImagePermissionsForInstance",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CreateImage"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/CreatedBy": "EC2 Image Builder"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "EC2DeregisterImagePermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:DeregisterImage"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*::image/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/CreatedBy": "EC2 Image Builder"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "EC2RegisterImagePermissionsForImage",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:RegisterImage"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*::image/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:RequestTag/CreatedBy": "EC2 Image Builder"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "EC2RegisterImagePermissionsForSnapshot",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:RegisterImage"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*::snapshot/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/CreatedBy": "EC2 Image Builder"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "EC2ModifyImageAttributePermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:ModifyImageAttribute"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/CreatedBy": "EC2 Image Builder"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "EC2SnapshotAttributeModificationPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:ModifySnapshotAttribute"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*::snapshot/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/CreatedBy": "EC2 Image Builder"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "CreateTagsOnCreatePermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CreateTags"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:RequestTag/CreatedBy": [
            "EC2 Image Builder",
            "EC2 Fast Launch"
          ],
          "ec2:CreateAction": [
            "CreateImage",
            "RunInstances"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "CreateCustomerTagsPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CreateTags"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*::image/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:export-image-task/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "CreateEC2ImageBuilderTagsPermissions",
      "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"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AttachImageWatermarkPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:AttachImageWatermark"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*::image/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/CreatedBy": "EC2 Image Builder"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "UpdateCustomerLicensePermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "license-manager:UpdateLicenseSpecificationsForResource"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:license-manager:*:*:license-configuration:*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "PublishNotificationToCustomerSNSPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "sns:Publish"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:sns:*:*:*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceAccount": "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "SystemsManagerPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:DescribeInstanceInformation",
        "ssm:GetCommandInvocation",
        "ssm:ListCommandInvocations",
        "ssm:ListInventoryEntries"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "SystemsManagerPermissionsForAssociation",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:DescribeAssociationExecutions"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:association/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "SystemsManagerPermissionsForInstance",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:DescribeInstanceAssociationsStatus"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "SendCommandDocumentPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:SendCommand"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:document/AWS-RunPowerShellScript",
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:document/AWS-RunShellScript",
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:document/AWSEC2-RunSysprep"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "SendCommandEC2ImageBuilderInstancePermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:SendCommand"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/CreatedBy": "EC2 Image Builder"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "InventoryCollectionAssociationPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:CreateAssociation"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:association/*",
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:document/AWS-GatherSoftwareInventory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "InventoryCollectionInstancePermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:CreateAssociation"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/CreatedBy": "EC2 Image Builder"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "InventoryCollectionTagPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:AddTagsToResource"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:association/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:RequestTag/CreatedBy": "EC2 Image Builder"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "DeleteInventoryCollectionAssociationPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:DeleteAssociation"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:association/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "EC2KMSPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "kms:Encrypt",
        "kms:Decrypt",
        "kms:ReEncryptFrom",
        "kms:ReEncryptTo",
        "kms:GenerateDataKeyWithoutPlaintext"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:kms:*:*:key/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "ForAllValues:StringEquals": {
          "kms:EncryptionContextKeys": [
            "aws:ebs:id"
          ]
        },
        "StringLike": {
          "kms:ViaService": [
            "ec2.*.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "EC2KMSDescribeKeyPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "kms:DescribeKey"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:kms:*:*:key/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringLike": {
          "kms:ViaService": [
            "ec2.*.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "EC2KMSGrantKeyPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "kms:CreateGrant"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:kms:*:*:key/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "Bool": {
          "kms:GrantIsForAWSResource": true
        },
        "StringLike": {
          "kms:ViaService": [
            "ec2.*.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "CrossAccountAssumeRolePermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "sts:AssumeRole"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/EC2ImageBuilderDistributionCrossAccountRole"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "CloudWatchLogsPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "logs:CreateLogGroup",
        "logs:CreateLogStream",
        "logs:PutLogEvents"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:logs:*:*:log-group:/aws/imagebuilder/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "LaunchTemplatePermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CreateLaunchTemplateVersion",
        "ec2:DescribeLaunchTemplateVersions",
        "ec2:DescribeLaunchTemplates",
        "ec2:ModifyLaunchTemplate"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "ExportImageBuilderImagePermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:ExportImage"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*::image/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/CreatedBy": "EC2 Image Builder"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "CreateExportImageTaskPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:ExportImage"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:export-image-task/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "CancelExportImageTaskPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CancelExportTask"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:export-image-task/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/CreatedBy": "EC2 Image Builder"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "CreateSLRForOtherServicesPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "iam:AWSServiceName": [
            "agentless.inspector2.amazonaws.com",
            "ami.inspector2.amazonaws.com",
            "ec2fastlaunch.amazonaws.com",
            "inspector2.amazonaws.com",
            "ssm.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "EnableFastLaunchPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:EnableFastLaunch"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*::image/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:launch-template/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/CreatedBy": "EC2 Image Builder"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "ListInspectorFindingsPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "inspector2:ListCoverage",
        "inspector2:ListFindings"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "InspectorOnDemandScanningPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "inspector2:StartOnDemandScan",
        "inspector2:GetOnDemandScanStatus",
        "inspector2:ListOnDemandScans"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:inspector2:*:*:*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "CreateECRImageForInspectorScanningPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ecr:CreateRepository",
        "ecr:TagResource"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ecr:*:*:repository/image-builder-*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:RequestTag/CreatedBy": "EC2 Image Builder"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "DeleteECRImageForInspectorScanningPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ecr:BatchDeleteImage"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ecr:*:*:repository/image-builder-*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/CreatedBy": "EC2 Image Builder"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "EventBridgePermissionsForInspectorScanning",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "events:DeleteRule",
        "events:DescribeRule",
        "events:PutRule",
        "events:PutTargets",
        "events:RemoveTargets"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:events:*:*:rule/ImageBuilder-*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "ParameterStorePermissionsForImageBuilderParameters",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:GetParameter",
        "ssm:PutParameter"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:parameter/imagebuilder/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "ParameterStorePermissionsForServiceManagedParameters",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:GetParameter"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ssm:*::parameter/aws/service/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "StartImagePipelineExecutionPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "imagebuilder:StartImagePipelineExecution",
        "imagebuilder:TagResource"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:imagebuilder:*:*:image-pipeline/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceAccount": "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v3, 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

aws iam attach-role-policy --role-name ROLE_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/EC2ImageBuilderExecutionPolicy
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/EC2ImageBuilderExecutionPolicy
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/EC2ImageBuilderExecutionPolicy

Resources:
  ExampleRole:
    Type: AWS::IAM::Role
    Properties:
      AssumeRolePolicyDocument: {}  # replace with your trust policy
      ManagedPolicyArns:
        - arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/EC2ImageBuilderExecutionPolicy

resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "ec2imagebuilderexecutionpolicy" {
  role       = aws_iam_role.example.name
  policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/EC2ImageBuilderExecutionPolicy"
}

role.addManagedPolicy(
  iam.ManagedPolicy.fromAwsManagedPolicyName("EC2ImageBuilderExecutionPolicy"),
);

Sources

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• Official AWS reference for EC2ImageBuilderExecutionPolicy
• Report a data issue