Webhook-url-http-3a-2f-2f169.254.169.254-2fmetadata-2fidentity-2foauth2-2ftoken Review

If you see this URL appearing in your logs or as a suggested input, take the following steps:

: Ensure your cloud "Managed Identities" have only the bare minimum permissions. If a token is stolen, the damage is limited to what that specific identity can do. If you see this URL appearing in your

: Use host-level firewalls to restrict which processes can talk to the metadata IP. If you see this URL appearing in your

: If the application displays the "response" of the webhook (common in debugging tools), the attacker now has a functional access token. If you see this URL appearing in your

To the untrained eye, it looks like a standard API endpoint. To a security professional, it represents a potential vulnerability that could lead to a full cloud environment takeover. What is 169.254.169.254?