Actions, resources, and condition keys for AWS CloudFormation - Service Authorization Reference

Actions, resources, and condition keys for AWS CloudFormation

AWS CloudFormation (service prefix: cloudformation) provides the following service-specific resources, actions, and condition context keys for use in IAM permission policies.

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Actions defined by AWS CloudFormation

You can specify the following actions in the Action element of an IAM policy statement. Use policies to grant permissions to perform an operation in AWS. When you use an action in a policy, you usually allow or deny access to the API operation or CLI command with the same name. However, in some cases, a single action controls access to more than one operation. Alternatively, some operations require several different actions.

The Resource types column of the Actions table indicates whether each action supports resource-level permissions. If there is no value for this column, you must specify all resources ("*") to which the policy applies in the Resource element of your policy statement. If the column includes a resource type, then you can specify an ARN of that type in a statement with that action. If the action has one or more required resources, the caller must have permission to use the action with those resources. Required resources are indicated in the table with an asterisk (*). If you limit resource access with the Resource element in an IAM policy, you must include an ARN or pattern for each required resource type. Some actions support multiple resource types. If the resource type is optional (not indicated as required), then you can choose to use one of the optional resource types.

The Condition keys column of the Actions table includes keys that you can specify in a policy statement's Condition element. For more information on the condition keys that are associated with resources for the service, see the Condition keys column of the Resource types table.

Note

Resource condition keys are listed in the Resource types table. You can find a link to the resource type that applies to an action in the Resource types (*required) column of the Actions table. The resource type in the Resource types table includes the Condition keys column, which are the resource condition keys that apply to an action in the Actions table.

For details about the columns in the following table, see Actions table.

Actions Description Access level Resource types (*required) Condition keys Dependent actions
ActivateOrganizationsAccess Grants permission to activate trusted access between StackSets and Organizations. With trusted access between StackSets and Organizations activated, the management account has permissions to create and manage StackSets for your organization Write
ActivateType Grants permission to activate a public third-party extension, making it available for use in stack templates Write
BatchDescribeTypeConfigurations Grants permission to return configuration data for the specified CloudFormation extensions Read
CancelUpdateStack Grants permission to cancel an update on the specified stack Write

stack*

ContinueUpdateRollback Grants permission to continue rolling back a stack that is in the UPDATE_ROLLBACK_FAILED state to the UPDATE_ROLLBACK_COMPLETE state Write

stack*

cloudformation:RoleArn

CreateChangeSet Grants permission to create a list of changes for a stack Write

stack*

cloudformation:ChangeSetName

cloudformation:ResourceTypes

cloudformation:ImportResourceTypes

cloudformation:RoleArn

cloudformation:StackPolicyUrl

cloudformation:TemplateUrl

aws:RequestTag/${TagKey}

aws:TagKeys

CreateGeneratedTemplate Grants permission to create a template from existing resources that are not already managed with CloudFormation Write
CreateStack Grants permission to create a stack as specified in the template Write

stack*

cloudformation:ResourceTypes

cloudformation:RoleArn

cloudformation:StackPolicyUrl

cloudformation:TemplateUrl

aws:RequestTag/${TagKey}

aws:TagKeys

CreateStackInstances Grants permission to create stack instances for the specified accounts, within the specified regions Write

stackset*

stackset-target

type

aws:TagKeys

cloudformation:TargetRegion

CreateStackSet Grants permission to create a stackset as specified in the template Write

cloudformation:RoleArn

cloudformation:TemplateUrl

aws:RequestTag/${TagKey}

aws:TagKeys

CreateUploadBucket [permission only] Grants permission to upload templates to Amazon S3 buckets. Used only by the AWS CloudFormation console and is not documented in the API reference Write
DeactivateOrganizationsAccess Grants permission to deactivate trusted access between StackSets and Organizations. If trusted access is deactivated, the management account does not have permissions to create and manage service-managed StackSets for your organization Write
DeactivateType Grants permission to deactivate a public extension that was previously activated in this account and region Write
DeleteChangeSet Grants permission to delete the specified change set. Deleting change sets ensures that no one executes the wrong change set Write

stack*

cloudformation:ChangeSetName

DeleteGeneratedTemplate Grants permission to delete a generated template Write
DeleteStack Grants permission to delete a specified stack Write

stack*

cloudformation:RoleArn

DeleteStackInstances Grants permission to delete stack instances for the specified accounts, in the specified regions Write

stackset*

stackset-target

type

cloudformation:TargetRegion

DeleteStackSet Grants permission to delete a specified stackset Write

stackset*

DeregisterType Grants permission to deregister an existing CloudFormation type or type version Write
DescribeAccountLimits Grants permission to retrieve your account's AWS CloudFormation limits Read
DescribeChangeSet Grants permission to return the description for the specified change set Read

stack*

cloudformation:ChangeSetName

DescribeChangeSetHooks Grants permission to return the Hook invocation information for the specified change set Read

stack*

cloudformation:ChangeSetName

DescribeGeneratedTemplate Grants permission to describe a generated template. The output includes details about the progress of the creation of a generated template Read
DescribeOrganizationsAccess Grants permission to return information about the account's OrganizationAccess status Read
DescribePublisher Grants permission to return information about a CloudFormation extension publisher Read
DescribeResourceScan Grants permission to describe details of a resource scan Read
DescribeStackDriftDetectionStatus Grants permission to return information about a stack drift detection operation Read
DescribeStackEvents Grants permission to return all stack related events for a specified stack Read

stack*

DescribeStackInstance Grants permission to return the stack instance that's associated with the specified stack set, AWS account, and region Read

stackset*

DescribeStackResource Grants permission to return a description of the specified resource in the specified stack Read

stack*

DescribeStackResourceDrifts Grants permission to return drift information for the resources that have been checked for drift in the specified stack Read

stack*

DescribeStackResources Grants permission to return AWS resource descriptions for running and deleted stacks Read

stack*

DescribeStackSet Grants permission to return the description of the specified stack set Read

stackset*

DescribeStackSetOperation Grants permission to return the description of the specified stack set operation Read

stackset*

DescribeStacks Grants permission to return the description for the specified stack, and to all stacks when used in combination with the ListStacks action List

stack

cloudformation:ListStacks

DescribeType Grants permission to return information about the CloudFormation type requested Read
DescribeTypeRegistration Grants permission to return information about the registration process for a CloudFormation type Read
DetectStackDrift Grants permission to detects whether a stack's actual configuration differs, or has drifted, from it's expected configuration, as defined in the stack template and any values specified as template parameters Read

stack*

DetectStackResourceDrift Grants permission to return information about whether a resource's actual configuration differs, or has drifted, from it's expected configuration, as defined in the stack template and any values specified as template parameters Read

stack*

DetectStackSetDrift Grants permission to enable users to detect drift on a stack set and the stack instances that belong to that stack set Read

stackset*

EstimateTemplateCost Grants permission to return the estimated monthly cost of a template Read

cloudformation:TemplateUrl

ExecuteChangeSet Grants permission to update a stack using the input information that was provided when the specified change set was created Write

stack*

cloudformation:ChangeSetName

GetGeneratedTemplate Grants permission to retrieve a generated template Read
GetStackPolicy Grants permission to return the stack policy for a specified stack Read

stack*

GetTemplate Grants permission to return the template body for a specified stack Read

stack*

GetTemplateSummary Grants permission to return information about a new or existing template Read

stack

stackset

cloudformation:TemplateUrl

ImportStacksToStackSet Grants permission to enable users to import existing stacks to a new or existing stackset Write

stackset*

ListChangeSets Grants permission to return the ID and status of each active change set for a stack. For example, AWS CloudFormation lists change sets that are in the CREATE_IN_PROGRESS or CREATE_PENDING state List

stack*

ListExports Grants permission to list all exported output values in the account and region in which you call this action List
ListGeneratedTemplates Grants permission to list your generated templates in this Region List
ListImports Grants permission to list all stacks that are importing an exported output value List
ListResourceScanRelatedResources Grants permission to list the related resources for a list of resources from a resource scan. The response indicates whether each returned resource is already managed by CloudFormation List
ListResourceScanResources Grants permission to list the resources from a resource scan. The results can be filtered by resource identifier, resource type prefix, tag key, and tag value List
ListResourceScans Grants permission to list the resource scans from newest to oldest. By default it will return up to 10 resource scans List
ListStackInstanceResourceDrifts Grants permission to return drift information for the resources that have been checked for drift in the specified stack instance List

stackset*

ListStackInstances Grants permission to return summary information about stack instances that are associated with the specified stack set List

stackset*

ListStackResources Grants permission to return descriptions of all resources of the specified stack List

stack*

ListStackSetOperationResults Grants permission to return summary information about the results of a stack set operation List

stackset*

ListStackSetOperations Grants permission to return summary information about operations performed on a stack set List

stackset*

ListStackSets Grants permission to return summary information about stack sets that are associated with the user List
ListStacks Grants permission to return the summary information for stacks whose status matches the specified StackStatusFilter. In combination with the DescribeStacks action, grants permission to list descriptions for stacks List
ListTypeRegistrations Grants permission to list CloudFormation type registration attempts List
ListTypeVersions Grants permission to list versions of a particular CloudFormation type List
ListTypes Grants permission to list available CloudFormation types List
PublishType Grants permission to publish the specified extension to the CloudFormation registry as a public extension in this region Write
RecordHandlerProgress Grants permission to record the handler progress Write

stack*

RegisterPublisher Grants permission to register account as a publisher of public extensions in the CloudFormation registry Write
RegisterType Grants permission to register a new CloudFormation type Write
RollbackStack Grants permission to rollback the stack to the last stable state Write

stack*

cloudformation:RoleArn

SetStackPolicy Grants permission to set a stack policy for a specified stack Permissions management

stack*

cloudformation:StackPolicyUrl

SetTypeConfiguration Grants permission to set the configuration data for a registered CloudFormation extension, in the given account and region Write
SetTypeDefaultVersion Grants permission to set which version of a CloudFormation type applies to CloudFormation operations Write
SignalResource Grants permission to send a signal to the specified resource with a success or failure status Write

stack*

StartResourceScan Grants permission to start a scan of the resources in this account in this Region Write
StopStackSetOperation Grants permission to stop an in-progress operation on a stack set and its associated stack instances Write

stackset*

TagResource Grants permission to tag cloudformation resources Tagging

changeset

stack

stackset

aws:TagKeys

aws:RequestTag/${TagKey}

TestType Grants permission to test a registered extension to make sure it meets all necessary requirements for being published in the CloudFormation registry Write
UntagResource Grants permission to untag cloudformation resources Tagging

changeset

stack

stackset

aws:TagKeys

UpdateGeneratedTemplate Grants permission to update a generated template. This can be used to change the name, add and remove resources, refresh resources, and change the DeletionPolicy and UpdateReplacePolicy settings Write
UpdateStack Grants permission to update a stack as specified in the template Write

stack*

cloudformation:ResourceTypes

cloudformation:RoleArn

cloudformation:StackPolicyUrl

cloudformation:TemplateUrl

aws:RequestTag/${TagKey}

aws:TagKeys

UpdateStackInstances Grants permission to update the parameter values for stack instances for the specified accounts, within the specified regions Write

stackset*

stackset-target

type

cloudformation:TargetRegion

UpdateStackSet Grants permission to update a stackset as specified in the template Write

stackset*

stackset-target

type

cloudformation:RoleArn

cloudformation:TemplateUrl

cloudformation:TargetRegion

aws:RequestTag/${TagKey}

aws:TagKeys

UpdateTerminationProtection Grants permission to update termination protection for the specified stack Write

stack*

ValidateTemplate Grants permission to validate a specified template Read

cloudformation:TemplateUrl

Resource types defined by AWS CloudFormation

The following resource types are defined by this service and can be used in the Resource element of IAM permission policy statements. Each action in the Actions table identifies the resource types that can be specified with that action. A resource type can also define which condition keys you can include in a policy. These keys are displayed in the last column of the Resource types table. For details about the columns in the following table, see Resource types table.

Resource types ARN Condition keys
changeset arn:${Partition}:cloudformation:${Region}:${Account}:changeSet/${ChangeSetName}/${Id}

aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey}

stack arn:${Partition}:cloudformation:${Region}:${Account}:stack/${StackName}/${Id}

aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey}

stackset arn:${Partition}:cloudformation:${Region}:${Account}:stackset/${StackSetName}:${Id}

aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey}

stackset-target arn:${Partition}:cloudformation:${Region}:${Account}:stackset-target/${StackSetTarget}
type arn:${Partition}:cloudformation:${Region}:${Account}:type/resource/${Type}
generatedtemplate arn:${Partition}:cloudformation:${Region}:${Account}:generatedTemplate/${Id}
resourcescan arn:${Partition}:cloudformation:${Region}:${Account}:resourceScan/${Id}

Condition keys for AWS CloudFormation

AWS CloudFormation defines the following condition keys that can be used in the Condition element of an IAM policy. You can use these keys to further refine the conditions under which the policy statement applies. For details about the columns in the following table, see Condition keys table.

To view the global condition keys that are available to all services, see Available global condition keys.

Condition keys Description Type
aws:RequestTag/${TagKey} Filters access by the tags that are passed in the request String
aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey} Filters access by the tags associated with the resource String
aws:TagKeys Filters access by the tag keys that are passed in the request ArrayOfString
cloudformation:ChangeSetName Filters access by an AWS CloudFormation change set name. Use to control which change sets IAM users can execute or delete String
cloudformation:ImportResourceTypes Filters access by the template resource types, such as AWS::EC2::Instance. Use to control which resource types IAM users can work with when they want to import a resource into a stack String
cloudformation:ResourceTypes Filters access by the template resource types, such as AWS::EC2::Instance. Use to control which resource types IAM users can work with when they create or update a stack ArrayOfString
cloudformation:RoleArn Filters access by the ARN of an IAM service role. Use to control which service role IAM users can use to work with stacks or change sets ARN
cloudformation:StackPolicyUrl Filters access by an Amazon S3 stack policy URL. Use to control which stack policies IAM users can associate with a stack during a create or update stack action String
cloudformation:TargetRegion Filters access by stack set target region. Use to control which regions IAM users can use when they create or update stack sets ArrayOfString
cloudformation:TemplateUrl Filters access by an Amazon S3 template URL. Use to control which templates IAM users can use when they create or update stacks String