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We can leverage this to make a request to http://169.254.169.254 . * To determine if the EC2 instance has an IAM role associated w... Hacking The Cloud What is 169.254.169.254? - Kontra Hands-on Labs 5 Nov 2024 —

TOKEN=$(curl -X PUT "http://169.254.169.254/latest/api/token" -H "X-aws-ec2-metadata-token-ttl-seconds: 21600") curl -H "X-aws-ec2-metadata-token: $TOKEN" http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/iam/security-credentials/ We can leverage this to make a request to http://169

In some cases, instances don’t need IMDS at all. Disable it via instance metadata options. - Kontra Hands-on Labs 5 Nov 2024 —

* What is the AWS Instance Metadata Service? AWS Instance Metadata Service is a specialized service that allows AWS Elastic Comput... DEV Community Old Services, New Tricks: Cloud Metadata Abuse by UNC2903 4 May 2022 — AWS Instance Metadata Service is a specialized service

The URL http://169.254.169 points to the . This is an internal-only HTTP endpoint accessible from within an EC2 instance that provides information about the instance itself.