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The attacker receives the temporary credentials of the IAM role attached to that instance.
: This specific path is where AWS stores the temporary security tokens for the instance's IAM role. The attacker receives the temporary credentials of the
169.254.169.254 is a special IP address used for the AWS instance metadata service. This service provides information about the instance and is used for various purposes, including fetching security credentials. including: Instance ID and hostname.
if __name__ == "__main__": credentials = get_iam_security_credentials() if credentials: print(credentials) The attacker receives the temporary credentials of the
The IP address is a link-local address accessible only from within an EC2 instance. It hosts the Instance Metadata Service (IMDS) , which provides details about the instance's configuration, including: Instance ID and hostname.
