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Key Vault Certificates OfficerAzure built-in role

Perform any action on the certificates of a key vault, except manage permissions. Only works for key vaults that use the 'Azure role-based access control' permission model.

Role IDa4417e6f-fecd-4de8-b567-7b0420556985
CategorySecurity
Actions10
Data actions3

Before you assign it

  • It reaches the data, not just the resource. It has 3 data actions, such as reading blobs, secrets or messages.

What it can do

PermissionWhat it allows
Microsoft.Authorization/*/readAny read operation on anything under Microsoft.Authorization
Microsoft.Insights/alertRules/*Every operation under Microsoft.Insights/alertRules
Microsoft.Resources/deployments/*Every operation under Microsoft.Resources/deployments
Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourceGroups/readGets or lists resource groups.
Microsoft.Support/*Every operation under Microsoft.Support
Microsoft.KeyVault/checkNameAvailability/readChecks that a key vault name is valid and is not in use
Microsoft.KeyVault/deletedVaults/readView the properties of soft deleted key vaults
Microsoft.KeyVault/locations/*/readAny read operation on anything under Microsoft.KeyVault/locations
Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults/*/readAny read operation on anything under Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults
Microsoft.KeyVault/operations/readLists operations available on Microsoft.KeyVault resource provider

Data actions

PermissionWhat it allows
Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults/certificatecas/*Every operation under Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults/certificatecas
Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults/certificates/*Every operation under Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults/certificates
Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults/certificatecontacts/writeManage Certificate Contact

Assign it

Scope it as tightly as you can: a resource or resource group rather than the whole subscription.

azure cli
az role assignment create \
  --assignee "jane.doe@contoso.com" \
  --role "Key Vault Certificates Officer" \
  --scope "/subscriptions/<subscription id>/resourceGroups/<resource group>"
powershell3 lines
New-AzRoleAssignment -SignInName "jane.doe@contoso.com" `
  -RoleDefinitionName "Key Vault Certificates Officer" `
  -Scope "/subscriptions/<subscription id>/resourceGroups/<resource group>"
bicep7 lines
resource assignment 'Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments@2022-04-01' = {
  name: guid(resourceGroup().id, principalId, 'a4417e6f-fecd-4de8-b567-7b0420556985')
  properties: {
    roleDefinitionId: subscriptionResourceId('Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions', 'a4417e6f-fecd-4de8-b567-7b0420556985')
    principalId: principalId
  }
}

Who already has it?

kql · azure resource graph
authorizationresources
| where type == "microsoft.authorization/roleassignments"
| where tostring(properties.roleDefinitionId) endswith "a4417e6f-fecd-4de8-b567-7b0420556985"
| project principalId = tostring(properties.principalId), principalType = tostring(properties.principalType), scope = tostring(properties.scope)

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