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

TOKEN=$(curl -X PUT "http://169.254.169" \ -H "X-aws-ec2-metadata-token-ttl-seconds: 21600") Use code with caution.

While the command curl http://169.254.169.254/latest/api/token may appear benign, its presence in logs or source code should trigger a security review. It indicates an attempt to interact with the cloud metadata service — either as part of legitimate bootstrapping (e.g., user-data scripts, fetching temporary credentials) or as a reconnaissance/probing technique by an attacker. curl-url-http-3A-2F-2F169.254.169.254-2Flatest-2Fapi-2Ftoken

: IMDSv2 requires a PUT request to ensure that simple GET-based SSRF vulnerabilities cannot trigger a token generation. TOKEN=$(curl -X PUT "http://169