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

Since it's a local endpoint, applications running on the VM do not need complex configuration to fetch tokens.

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Instead of generating a standard blog post about that string, I have generated a explaining exactly what this URL does, why attackers use it, and how to defend against it. # Resolve hostname to IPs (watch for DNS

# Resolve hostname to IPs (watch for DNS rebinding) try: import socket ip_list = socket.getaddrinfo(hostname, None, socket.AF_UNSPEC, socket.SOCK_STREAM) for addr in ip_list: ip = ipaddress.ip_address(addr[4][0]) if ip.is_private or ip.is_loopback or ip.is_link_local: return False except socket.gaierror: return False Since it's a local endpoint

The tokens retrieved are managed and automatically rotated by the Azure platform. How to Use the Webhook (Example)

http://169.254.169.254/metadata/identity/oauth2/token

Cipher doesn’t give Leo a link to a website. Instead, Cipher provides the encoded version of your URL: http://169.254.169