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What is this endpoint?
.ssh/id_ed25519
OpenSSH Ed25519 private key file
What an attacker could do
An exposed Ed25519 private key, if unencrypted or weakly passphrased, lets an attacker authenticate as the key owner to any server trusting the matching public key, granting direct shell access and lateral movement.
How to defend it
Never place SSH keys in web-served directories, always passphrase-protect private keys, restrict file permissions to 600, and immediately revoke and rotate any key suspected of exposure.
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