diff --git a/config/user-rbac/dashboard_editor.yaml b/config/user-rbac/dashboard_editor.yaml
index 8f15cb0..fab870e 100644
--- a/config/user-rbac/dashboard_editor.yaml
+++ b/config/user-rbac/dashboard_editor.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # ClusterRole to bind to users who can also create, update and delete ClusterProfiles and
 # Profiles from the Sveltos dashboard. Write access to ClusterProfiles is effectively admin on
 # every cluster they select, because addon-controller deploys them with its own privileges.
-# The ConfigMaps and Secrets a profile references are deliberately not covered here: grant them
-# with a namespaced Role in the namespaces that hold the profile content.
+# The dashboard stores the YAML of a profile in a ConfigMap, so the role also grants create,
+# delete, get and update on ConfigMaps in every namespace. Secrets are deliberately not covered:
+# grant them with a namespaced Role in the namespaces that hold the profile content.
 # Keep in sync with the SubjectAccessReviews issued in internal/server/k8s-utils.go and the
 # writes in internal/server/profile_writes.go.
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
@@ -39,6 +40,15 @@ rules:
   - patch
   - update
   - watch
+- apiGroups:
+  - ""
+  resources:
+  - configmaps
+  verbs:
+  - create
+  - delete
+  - get
+  - update
 - apiGroups:
   - lib.projectsveltos.io
   resources:
diff --git a/internal/server/dashboard_roles_test.go b/internal/server/dashboard_roles_test.go
index a5d5b60..2838783 100644
--- a/internal/server/dashboard_roles_test.go
+++ b/internal/server/dashboard_roles_test.go
@@ -168,17 +168,37 @@ var _ = Describe("Dashboard ClusterRoles", func() {
 		Expect(isAllowed(user, verbUpdate, writableGroup, rbacClusterSummaries)).To(BeFalse())
 	})
 
-	It("neither role grants access to Secrets or ConfigMaps", func() {
+	It("sveltos-dashboard-editor allows the ConfigMap writes the dashboard sends and no others", func() {
+		user := randomString()
+		bindToUser(user, createShippedRole(editorRoleFile, dashboardEditor))
+
+		// Creating a profile from YAML creates the ConfigMap holding the YAML, and deletes it if the
+		// profile cannot be created. Editing a profile gets and updates the ConfigMap.
+		for _, verb := range []string{verbGet, verbCreate, verbUpdate, verbDelete} {
+			Eventually(func() bool {
+				return isAllowed(user, verb, "", configMapResource)
+			}).Should(BeTrue(), "%s %s", verb, configMapResource)
+		}
+
+		for _, verb := range []string{verbList, verbPatch} {
+			Expect(isAllowed(user, verb, "", configMapResource)).To(BeFalse(), "%s %s", verb, configMapResource)
+		}
+	})
+
+	It("neither role grants access to Secrets and the viewer does not grant access to ConfigMaps", func() {
 		viewer := randomString()
 		bindToUser(viewer, createShippedRole(viewerRoleFile, dashboardViewer))
 		editor := randomString()
 		bindToUser(editor, createShippedRole(editorRoleFile, dashboardEditor))
 
+		verbs := []string{verbGet, verbList, verbCreate, verbUpdate, verbDelete}
+		for _, verb := range verbs {
+			Expect(isAllowed(viewer, verb, "", configMapResource)).To(BeFalse(), "%s %s", verb, configMapResource)
+		}
+
 		for _, user := range []string{viewer, editor} {
-			for _, resource := range []string{secretsResource, configMapResource} {
-				for _, verb := range []string{verbGet, verbList, verbCreate, verbUpdate, verbDelete} {
-					Expect(isAllowed(user, verb, "", resource)).To(BeFalse(), "%s %s", verb, resource)
-				}
+			for _, verb := range verbs {
+				Expect(isAllowed(user, verb, "", secretsResource)).To(BeFalse(), "%s %s", verb, secretsResource)
 			}
 		}
 	})
diff --git a/manifest/manifest.yaml b/manifest/manifest.yaml
index eb61d7c..6f2be41 100644
--- a/manifest/manifest.yaml
+++ b/manifest/manifest.yaml
@@ -246,6 +246,15 @@ rules:
   - patch
   - update
   - watch
+- apiGroups:
+  - ""
+  resources:
+  - configmaps
+  verbs:
+  - create
+  - delete
+  - get
+  - update
 - apiGroups:
   - lib.projectsveltos.io
   resources: