AWS best practices require CloudFormation to assume a dedicated service role. This ensures consistent permissions regardless of the user. Users must have iam:PassRole permission to pass the role. Updating stacks to use the service role enforces uniform deployment behavior.
Referenced AWS Specialty Documents:
AWS Certified Security – Specialty Official Study Guide
AWS CloudFormation Service Roles
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