: Instead of storing long-term credentials in .aws/config on the server, use IAM Roles for EC2 or Lambda Execution Roles . This ensures that even if a file is leaked, it doesn't contain permanent secrets.
, it is highly likely that an automated scanner or a malicious actor is probing your application for path traversal or SSRF vulnerabilities. fetch-url-file-3A-2F-2F-2Froot-2F.aws-2Fconfig
The string fetch-url-file-3A-2F-2F-2Froot-2F.aws-2Fconfig resembles a malformed or deliberately obfuscated attempt to reference a file path or URL. It contains patterns consistent with URL encoding (percent-encoding) and suggests an attempt to access a sensitive configuration file: /.aws/config . : Instead of storing long-term credentials in