Curl-url-http-3a-2f-2f169.254.169.254-2flatest-2fapi-2ftoken [upd] <TRENDING – 2026>

Once an attacker has command execution on a VM (via a vulnerability like Log4Shell), they run:

Replace YOUR_TOKEN_HERE with the actual token received from the /latest/api/token endpoint. curl-url-http-3A-2F-2F169.254.169.254-2Flatest-2Fapi-2Ftoken

The command curl -H "X-aws-ec2-metadata-token-ttl-seconds: 21600" -X PUT "http://169.254.169" Once an attacker has command execution on a

For a long time, the instance used a simple way to "talk to itself" called curl-url-http-3A-2F-2F169.254.169.254-2Flatest-2Fapi-2Ftoken