EC2FastLaunchFullAccess
Last Modified
Aug 4, 2026
August 4, 2026 at 09:03 PM UTC
Version
v5
Total Versions
3
Created
Aug 4, 2026
Actions
46
Risk
MediumThe same capabilities in a scoped form, resource policy writes, reads across all data, or full access to a whole service. Read from this policy document alone: trust policies, boundaries and SCPs in your account still decide what actually succeeds. How this is assessed
- Medium
Can launch resources that run as a more privileged role
Grants the actions of 2 documented escalation paths, but only on named resources or under a condition. Review that scope before trusting it.
- iam:PassRole: condition iam:PassedToService, on arn:aws:iam::*:instance-profile/*, arn:aws:iam::*:role/*
- cloudformation:CreateStack: condition aws:CalledVia, on arn:aws:cloudformation:*:*:stack/EC2FastLaunch*/*
- iam:PassRole: condition iam:PassedToService, on arn:aws:iam::*:instance-profile/*, arn:aws:iam::*:role/*
Use with caution: Check which roles, users or policies fall inside the scope shown above. Within it the escalation works as documented, so keep privileged principals out of it.
- Medium
Can take over existing resources that run as another role
Grants the actions of 3 documented escalation paths, but only on named resources or under a condition. Review that scope before trusting it.
- cloudformation:UpdateStack: condition aws:CalledVia, on arn:aws:cloudformation:*:*:stack/EC2FastLaunch*/*
- ec2:CreateLaunchTemplateVersion: condition aws:CalledVia, aws:RequestTag/CreatedBy, on arn:aws:ec2:*:*:launch-template/*
- ec2:ModifyLaunchTemplate: condition aws:CalledVia, aws:RequestTag/CreatedBy, on arn:aws:ec2:*:*:launch-template/*
- ec2:CreateLaunchTemplateVersion: condition aws:CalledVia, aws:RequestTag/CreatedBy, on arn:aws:ec2:*:*:launch-template/*
- ec2:ModifyLaunchTemplate: condition aws:CalledVia, aws:RequestTag/CreatedBy, on arn:aws:ec2:*:*:launch-template/*
Use with caution: Check which roles, users or policies fall inside the scope shown above. Within it the escalation works as documented, so keep privileged principals out of it.
Policy Document
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"PolicyVersion": {
"Document": {
"Version": "2012-10-17",
"Statement": [
{
"Sid": "EC2FastLaunch",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"ec2:EnableFastLaunch",
"ec2:DisableFastLaunch",
"ec2:DescribeFastLaunchImages"
],
"Resource": "*"
},
{
"Sid": "EC2ReadOnly",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"ec2:DescribeImages",
"ec2:DescribeLaunchTemplateVersions",
"ec2:DescribeSnapshots",
"ec2:DescribeVolumes",
"ec2:DescribeRegions",
"ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups",
"ec2:DescribeSubnets",
"ec2:DescribeVpcs",
"ec2:DescribeInstances",
"ec2:DescribeLaunchTemplates",
"ec2:DescribeTags",
"ec2:DescribeAvailabilityZones",
"ec2:DescribeAccountAttributes"
],
"Resource": "*"
},
{
"Sid": "EC2CreateVPC",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"ec2:CreateVpc"
],
"Resource": [
"arn:aws:ec2:*:*:vpc/*"
],
"Condition": {
"StringEquals": {
"aws:RequestTag/CreatedBy": "EC2 Fast Launch"
},
"ForAnyValue:StringLike": {
"aws:CalledVia": "ec2fastlaunch.amazonaws.com"
}
}
},
{
"Sid": "EC2ModifyDeleteVPC",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"ec2:DeleteVpc",
"ec2:CreateSubnet",
"ec2:ModifyVpcAttribute",
"ec2:CreateSecurityGroup"
],
"Resource": [
"arn:aws:ec2:*:*:vpc/*"
],
"Condition": {
"StringEquals": {
"ec2:ResourceTag/CreatedBy": "EC2 Fast Launch"
},
"ForAnyValue:StringLike": {
"aws:CalledVia": "ec2fastlaunch.amazonaws.com"
}
}
},
{
"Sid": "EC2CreateSubnet",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"ec2:CreateSubnet"
],
"Resource": [
"arn:aws:ec2:*:*:subnet/*"
],
"Condition": {
"StringEquals": {
"aws:RequestTag/CreatedBy": "EC2 Fast Launch"
},
"ForAnyValue:StringLike": {
"aws:CalledVia": "ec2fastlaunch.amazonaws.com"
}
}
},
{
"Sid": "EC2DeleteSubnet",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"ec2:DeleteSubnet"
],
"Resource": [
"arn:aws:ec2:*:*:subnet/*"
],
"Condition": {
"StringEquals": {
"ec2:ResourceTag/CreatedBy": "EC2 Fast Launch"
},
"ForAnyValue:StringLike": {
"aws:CalledVia": "ec2fastlaunch.amazonaws.com"
}
}
},
{
"Sid": "EC2CreateSecurityGroup",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"ec2:CreateSecurityGroup"
],
"Resource": [
"arn:aws:ec2:*:*:security-group/*"
],
"Condition": {
"StringEquals": {
"aws:RequestTag/CreatedBy": "EC2 Fast Launch"
},
"ForAnyValue:StringLike": {
"aws:CalledVia": "ec2fastlaunch.amazonaws.com"
}
}
},
{
"Sid": "EC2ManageSecurityGroupEgress",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupEgress",
"ec2:RevokeSecurityGroupEgress"
],
"Resource": [
"arn:aws:ec2:*:*:security-group/*"
],
"Condition": {
"StringEquals": {
"ec2:ResourceTag/CreatedBy": "EC2 Fast Launch"
},
"ForAnyValue:StringLike": {
"aws:CalledVia": "ec2fastlaunch.amazonaws.com"
}
}
},
{
"Sid": "EC2DeleteSecurityGroup",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"ec2:DeleteSecurityGroup"
],
"Resource": [
"arn:aws:ec2:*:*:security-group/*"
],
"Condition": {
"StringEquals": {
"ec2:ResourceTag/CreatedBy": "EC2 Fast Launch"
},
"ForAnyValue:StringLike": {
"aws:CalledVia": "ec2fastlaunch.amazonaws.com"
}
}
},
{
"Sid": "CloudFormation",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"cloudformation:DescribeStacks",
"cloudformation:CreateStack",
"cloudformation:UpdateStack",
"cloudformation:RollbackStack",
"cloudformation:DeleteStack",
"cloudformation:UpdateTerminationProtection",
"cloudformation:DescribeStackEvents",
"cloudformation:DescribeStackResource",
"cloudformation:DescribeStackResources"
],
"Resource": [
"arn:aws:cloudformation:*:*:stack/EC2FastLaunch*/*"
],
"Condition": {
"ForAnyValue:StringLike": {
"aws:CalledVia": "ec2fastlaunch.amazonaws.com"
}
}
},
{
"Sid": "CloudFormationTagOnCreate",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"cloudformation:TagResource"
],
"Resource": [
"arn:aws:cloudformation:*:*:stack/EC2FastLaunch*/*"
],
"Condition": {
"StringEquals": {
"cloudformation:CreateAction": "CreateStack"
},
"ForAnyValue:StringLike": {
"aws:CalledVia": "ec2fastlaunch.amazonaws.com"
}
}
},
{
"Sid": "EC2LaunchTemplateModify",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"ec2:ModifyLaunchTemplate",
"ec2:CreateLaunchTemplate",
"ec2:CreateLaunchTemplateVersion"
],
"Resource": "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:launch-template/*",
"Condition": {
"StringEquals": {
"aws:RequestTag/CreatedBy": "EC2 Fast Launch"
},
"ForAnyValue:StringLike": {
"aws:CalledVia": "ec2fastlaunch.amazonaws.com"
}
}
},
{
"Sid": "EC2LaunchInstance",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"ec2:RunInstances"
],
"Resource": [
"arn:aws:ec2:*:*:subnet/*",
"arn:aws:ec2:*:*:network-interface/*",
"arn:aws:ec2:*::image/*",
"arn:aws:ec2:*:*:key-pair/*",
"arn:aws:ec2:*:*:security-group/*",
"arn:aws:ec2:*:*:launch-template/*",
"arn:aws:license-manager:*:*:license-configuration:*"
]
},
{
"Sid": "EC2LaunchInstanceWithVolAndInstance",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"ec2:RunInstances"
],
"Resource": [
"arn:aws:ec2:*:*:volume/*",
"arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*"
],
"Condition": {
"StringEquals": {
"aws:RequestTag/CreatedBy": "EC2 Fast Launch"
}
}
},
{
"Sid": "EC2Tags",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": "ec2:CreateTags",
"Resource": [
"arn:aws:ec2:*:*:volume/*",
"arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*",
"arn:aws:ec2:*:*:snapshot/*"
],
"Condition": {
"StringEquals": {
"ec2:CreateAction": "RunInstances"
}
}
},
{
"Sid": "EC2ManageTags",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": "ec2:CreateTags",
"Resource": [
"arn:aws:ec2:*:*:security-group/*",
"arn:aws:ec2:*:*:launch-template/*",
"arn:aws:ec2:*:*:vpc/*",
"arn:aws:ec2:*:*:subnet/*"
],
"Condition": {
"StringEquals": {
"aws:RequestTag/CreatedBy": "EC2 Fast Launch"
},
"ForAnyValue:StringLike": {
"aws:CalledVia": "ec2fastlaunch.amazonaws.com"
}
}
},
{
"Sid": "IAMSLR",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": "iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole",
"Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:role/aws-service-role/ec2fastlaunch.amazonaws.com/AWSServiceRoleForEC2FastLaunch",
"Condition": {
"StringLike": {
"iam:AWSServiceName": "ec2fastlaunch.amazonaws.com"
}
}
},
{
"Sid": "IAMSLRPassRole",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": "iam:PassRole",
"Resource": [
"arn:aws:iam::*:instance-profile/*",
"arn:aws:iam::*:role/*"
],
"Condition": {
"StringEquals": {
"iam:PassedToService": [
"ec2.amazonaws.com",
"ec2.amazonaws.com.cn"
]
}
}
}
]
},
"VersionId": "v5",
"IsDefaultVersion": true,
"CreateDate": "2026-08-04T20:27:26+00:00"
}
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