Webhook-url-http-3a-2f-2f169.254.169.254-2fmetadata-2fidentity-2foauth2-2ftoken <PLUS ›>

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Background and threat model

• What the endpoint is: 169.254.169.254 is a link-local (169.254.0.0/16) address that cloud platforms use to provide instance metadata and managed identity tokens. The path /metadata/identity/oauth2/token resembles Azure Instance Metadata Service (IMDS) endpoint for acquiring OAuth2 access tokens for a VM-assigned managed identity. Similar metadata endpoints exist on other clouds with different paths but the same link-local address.
• Why it matters: Access tokens returned by this endpoint can grant access to cloud resources (storage, key vault, management APIs) as the VM’s identity. If an external service or attacker can cause a server to make requests to that endpoint (Server-Side Request Forgery, SSRF), they may obtain tokens and pivot to other resources.
• Threat actors: Remote attackers exploiting SSRF or misconfigured webhooks, internal malicious processes, or poorly designed integrations that allow third-party data to control internal requests.

Example SSRF test cases (for red-team / pen-test)

• Submit webhook URLs that point to: