Curl-url-http-3a-2f-2f169.254.169.254-2flatest-2fapi-2ftoken

Use secret scanning tools (TruffleHog, Gitleaks) to find patterns like 169\.254\.169\.254 in repositories.

The string you provided is a URL-encoded command used to retrieve an IMDSv2 (Instance Metadata Service Version 2) session token curl-url-http-3A-2F-2F169.254.169.254-2Flatest-2Fapi-2Ftoken

If this string appears in:

Imagine a PHP app that fetches images from a user-provided URL: Use secret scanning tools (TruffleHog, Gitleaks) to find