Curl-url-http-3a-2f-2f169.254.169.254-2flatest-2fapi-2ftoken

: Defines how long the token is valid (in this case, 21,600 seconds or 6 hours). Step 2: Access Metadata

discovered they could trick web applications into sending requests for them—an attack called Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) curl-url-http-3A-2F-2F169.254.169.254-2Flatest-2Fapi-2Ftoken

If you are a security researcher and you see curl http://169.254.169.254/latest/api/token in a target application, — especially on a production system. A single successful request could retrieve live IAM keys, which might be considered a violation of the bug bounty terms (or even computer fraud laws in some jurisdictions). : Defines how long the token is valid

Every time you see that internal IP address in logs, code, or payloads: . or payloads: .