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Decoding ..-2F to / , and considering the repetition:

: Never run web servers as the root user. If the web server runs as a low-privileged user (e.g., www-data ), it won't have permission to read the /root/.aws/credentials file even if a traversal vulnerability exists. -template-..-2F..-2F..-2F..-2Froot-2F.aws-2Fcredentials

: Access any S3 buckets, RDS databases, or DynamoDB tables permitted by the keys. Decoding

: This translates to /root/.aws/credentials , the default location where the AWS Command Line Interface (CLI) stores sensitive access keys for the root user. 2. The Danger of Exposed Credentials Decoding ..-2F to /