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: Because the request originates from within the cloud instance, the cloud metadata service trusts it implicitly under older protocols. It responds with the names of active IAM profiles.

Even if an attacker steals metadata credentials, the impact is limited if the role has only the bare minimum permissions. For example: : Because the request originates from within the