# AWSWAFFullAccess
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**Description**: Provides full access to AWS WAF actions.

`AWSWAFFullAccess` 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 `AWSWAFFullAccess` to your users, groups, and roles.

## Policy details
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+ **Type**: AWS managed policy 
+ **Creation time**: October 06, 2015, 20:44 UTC 
+ **Edited time:** April 08, 2026, 22:27 UTC
+ **ARN**: `arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSWAFFullAccess`

## Policy version
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**Policy version:** v15 (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" : "AllowUseOfAWSWAFClassic",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "waf:*",
        "waf-regional:*"
      ],
      "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" : "AllowUseOfAWSWAF",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "wafv2:*"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:wafv2:*:*:*/webacl/*/*",
        "arn:aws:wafv2:*:*:*/ipset/*/*",
        "arn:aws:wafv2:*:*:*/managedruleset/*/*",
        "arn:aws:wafv2:*:*:*/rulegroup/*/*",
        "arn:aws:wafv2:*:*:*/regexpatternset/*/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "AllowDisassociateWebACL",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "wafv2:DisassociateWebACL"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "AllowListActionsForALB",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeWebACLAssociation"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "AllowActionsForALB",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "elasticloadbalancing:SetWebAcl",
        "elasticloadbalancing:CreateWebACLAssociation",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DeleteWebACLAssociation",
        "elasticloadbalancing:GetLoadBalancerWebACL"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:*:*:loadbalancer/app/*/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "AllowActionsForAPIGateway",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "apigateway:SetWebACL"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:apigateway:*::/restapis/*/stages/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "AllowListActionsForAppSync",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "appsync:ListResourcesForWebACL"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "AllowActionsForAppSync",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "appsync:SetWebACL",
        "appsync:AssociateWebACL",
        "appsync:DisassociateWebACL",
        "appsync:GetWebACLForResource"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:appsync:*:*:apis/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "AllowActionsForCognito",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "cognito-idp:AssociateWebACL",
        "cognito-idp:DisassociateWebACL",
        "cognito-idp:GetWebACLForResource"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:cognito-idp:*:*:userpool/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "AllowListActionsForCognito",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "cognito-idp:ListResourcesForWebACL"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "AllowActionsForAppRunner",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "apprunner:AssociateWebAcl",
        "apprunner:DisassociateWebAcl",
        "apprunner:DescribeWebAclForService"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:apprunner:*:*:service/*/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "AllowListActionsForAppRunner",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "apprunner:ListServices",
        "apprunner:ListAssociatedServicesForWebAcl"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "AllowActionsForAVA",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:AssociateVerifiedAccessInstanceWebAcl",
        "ec2:DisassociateVerifiedAccessInstanceWebAcl",
        "ec2:GetVerifiedAccessInstanceWebAcl"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:verified-access-instance/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "AllowListActionsForAVA",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:DescribeVerifiedAccessInstanceWebAclAssociations"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "AllowActionsForAmplify",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "amplify:AssociateWebACL",
        "amplify:DisassociateWebACL",
        "amplify:GetWebACLForResource"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:amplify:*:*:apps/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "AllowListActionsForAmplify",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "amplify:ListResourcesForWebACL"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "AllowLogGroupDescribeActions",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "logs:DescribeResourcePolicies",
        "logs:DescribeLogGroups"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "AllowLogDeliverySubscription",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "logs:CreateLogDelivery",
        "logs:DeleteLogDelivery"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "GrantLogDeliveryPermissionForS3Bucket",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "s3:PutBucketPolicy",
        "s3:GetBucketPolicy"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:s3:::aws-waf-logs-*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "GrantLogDeliveryPermissionForCloudWatchLogGroup",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "logs:PutResourcePolicy"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*",
      "Condition" : {
        "ForAnyValue:StringEquals" : {
          "aws:CalledVia" : [
            "wafv2.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}
```

## 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)