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techMEDIUM2026-05-04 01:15 UTC

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

Your application fetches a URL. The user supplied it. Your server makes the request, follows the redirect, and returns the content. The URL pointed to http://169.254.169.254/latest/metadata/iam/security-credentials/production-role. Your application just handed the attacker your cloud credentials. SS

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