Check ID: iam_policy_no_wildcard_marketplace_subscribe
Provider: AWS
Service: iam
Severity: MEDIUM
Categories: gen-ai, identity-access
Resource type: AwsIamPolicy

What this check verifies

Customer-managed IAM policies are examined for statements that grant aws-marketplace:Subscribe on all resources (*). This action controls the ability to subscribe to AWS Marketplace products, including Amazon Bedrock foundation models, and should be scoped to specific product ARNs to enforce least privilege.

Risk

Granting aws-marketplace:Subscribe on all resources allows subscribing to any Marketplace product, including expensive Bedrock foundation models, leading to uncontrolled costs, shadow AI usage, and compliance violations from unapproved deployments.

Recommendation

Replace Resource: "*" with specific, approved AWS Marketplace product ARNs. Apply the principle of least privilege to aws-marketplace:Subscribe permissions to prevent unauthorized subscriptions to costly Bedrock models and other Marketplace products.

Remediation

aws iam create-policy-version --policy-arn <POLICY_ARN> --policy-document '{"Version":"2012-10-17","Statement":[{"Effect":"Allow","Action":["aws-marketplace:Subscribe"],"Resource":"arn:aws:aws-marketplace::<ACCOUNT_ID>:product/<PRODUCT_ID>"}]}' --set-as-default

References

Where this check fires

This check runs on every scheduled scan against your AWS account. Findings appear at Cloud Security → Findings filterable by Check ID = iam_policy_no_wildcard_marketplace_subscribe. To re-evaluate after a fix, hit Run now on the account’s schedule under Cloud Security → Schedules — the next scan re-checks this control and marks the finding fixed or keeps it persistent.
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