# AWSWAFConsoleReadOnlyAccess
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**Description**: 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.

`AWSWAFConsoleReadOnlyAccess` is an [AWS managed policy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_managed-vs-inline.html#aws-managed-policies).

## Using this policy
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You can attach `AWSWAFConsoleReadOnlyAccess` to your users, groups, and roles.

## Policy details
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+ **Type**: AWS managed policy 
+ **Creation time**: April 06, 2020, 18:43 UTC 
+ **Edited time:** July 01, 2026, 04:12 UTC
+ **ARN**: `arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSWAFConsoleReadOnlyAccess`

## Policy version
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**Policy version:** v21 (default)

The policy's default version is the version that defines the permissions for the policy. When a user or role with the policy makes a request to access an AWS resource, AWS checks the default version of the policy to determine whether to allow the request. 

## JSON policy document
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```
{
  "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" : "*"
    }
  ]
}
```

## Learn more
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+ [Create a permission set using AWS managed policies in IAM Identity Center](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/singlesignon/latest/userguide/howtocreatepermissionset.html) 
+ [Adding and removing IAM identity permissions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_manage-attach-detach.html) 
+ [Understand versioning for IAM policies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_managed-versioning.html)
+ [Get started with AWS managed policies and move toward least-privilege permissions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/best-practices.html#bp-use-aws-defined-policies)