HackTheBox Fortress: AWS — Cloud Security Writeup

Full walkthrough of the HackTheBox AWS Fortress. Covers S3 public bucket credential leakage, IAM privilege escalation via AssumeRole, SSRF to EC2 IMDS for temporary credential theft, and AWS Secrets Manager exfiltration.

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Mar 29, 2026 · 20 min read · 6 views
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