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What is this endpoint?

config/aws.yml

AWS credentials file

What an attacker could do

Leaks AWS credentials from an application's config directory, giving an attacker programmatic control over the account's S3, EC2, and IAM resources for data theft or resource abuse.

How to defend it

Keep config directories outside the document root, block access to credential files via server rules, rotate exposed keys, and move secrets to IAM roles or a secrets manager.

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