Webhook-url-http-3a-2f-2f169.254.169.254-2fmetadata-2fidentity-2foauth2-2ftoken May 2026

This specific string represents a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) attack pattern targeting Azure Instance Metadata Service (IMDS)

Authentication: The VM is considered "trusted compute," so it doesn't need a password to get a token. storage buckets (S3/Blob)

Webhook Signing: Use a webhook secret to verify that the outgoing request is legitimate. or Key Vaults.

Privilege Escalation: Those tokens can be used to access other cloud resources like databases, storage buckets (S3/Blob), or Key Vaults. storage buckets (S3/Blob)