: The attacker aims to steal the temporary credentials, which can then be used from outside the AWS environment to gain unauthorized access to your cloud resources, such as S3 buckets or other EC2 instances. IMDS Versioning :
: The AWS instance can query the metadata service at http://169.254.169.254 for information about itself and its environment. : The attacker aims to steal the temporary
If the IAM role attached to the EC2 instance has extensive permissions (e.g., s3:* ), the attacker can steal data from S3 buckets, list instances, or move laterally within the network. 4. Securing the Metadata Service (IMDSv2) : The attacker aims to steal the temporary
Temporary Security Credential Retrieval
