Callback-url-http-3a-2f-2f169.254.169.254-2flatest-2fmeta Data-2fiam-2fsecurity Credentials-2f ((hot)) ⚡ Quick

A link-local address accessible only from within the virtual machine.

169.254.169.254 is the crown jewels of AWS internal networking. Its appearance in plaintext outside an EC2 instance is a five-alarm fire. A link-local address accessible only from within the

AWS now strongly recommends disabling IMDSv1 entirely and enforcing IMDSv2 on all EC2 instances. A link-local address accessible only from within the