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terraform.tfvars

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What is this endpoint?

terraform.tfvars

Terraform Variables File

What an attacker could do

Variable files commonly hold provider credentials, API tokens, and account IDs in plaintext, enabling an attacker to authenticate directly to the cloud accounts being provisioned.

How to defend it

Exclude tfvars from version control and deploy bundles, source secret variables from a vault or environment at apply time, and rotate any leaked values.

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