By utilizing the metadata service for retrieving IAM security credentials, AWS provides a flexible and secure mechanism for managing access to resources without requiring long-term access keys.
: An attacker wants to steal your instance's secret keys to gain unauthorized access to your AWS environment.
Because the request comes from inside the instance, it bypasses external firewalls and WAFs.
The Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) Instance Metadata Service (IMDS) helps customers build secure and scalable applicati... Amazon Web Services Securing the EC2 Instance Metadata Service
The Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) Instance Metadata Service (IMDS) helps customers build secure and scalable applicati... Amazon Web Services Securing the EC2 Instance Metadata Service
http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta data/iam/security credentials/
– How to monitor for unexpected metadata API calls using cloud audit logs (CloudTrail, Azure Monitor, GCP Audit Logs) and guardrails like VPC endpoint policies.
By utilizing the metadata service for retrieving IAM security credentials, AWS provides a flexible and secure mechanism for managing access to resources without requiring long-term access keys.
: An attacker wants to steal your instance's secret keys to gain unauthorized access to your AWS environment. By utilizing the metadata service for retrieving IAM
Because the request comes from inside the instance, it bypasses external firewalls and WAFs. The Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) Instance
The Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) Instance Metadata Service (IMDS) helps customers build secure and scalable applicati... Amazon Web Services Securing the EC2 Instance Metadata Service it bypasses external firewalls and WAFs.
The Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) Instance Metadata Service (IMDS) helps customers build secure and scalable applicati... Amazon Web Services Securing the EC2 Instance Metadata Service
http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta data/iam/security credentials/
– How to monitor for unexpected metadata API calls using cloud audit logs (CloudTrail, Azure Monitor, GCP Audit Logs) and guardrails like VPC endpoint policies.