Comment Comment by ek750 I’m not a security researcher, but a normal backend dev (possibly) This comment intrigued me and led me down the typically great HN rabbit-hole.I found a couple of sources related to this, fascinating, thank you!https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/news/252467901/Cap...https://www.shellntel.com/blog/2019/8/27/aws-metadata-endpoi...I knew about SSRFs, but the ability of attackers to pivot and stack and chain minor vulnerabilities continues to amaze me.I hope AWS mitigated this metadata endpoint weakness by now. parent ek750 4 years ago
I found a couple of sources related to this, fascinating, thank you!
https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/news/252467901/Cap...
https://www.shellntel.com/blog/2019/8/27/aws-metadata-endpoi...
I knew about SSRFs, but the ability of attackers to pivot and stack and chain minor vulnerabilities continues to amaze me.
I hope AWS mitigated this metadata endpoint weakness by now.