AWS Elastic Beanstalk Pentesting with AWS CLI

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Learn to pentest AWS Elastic Beanstalk using AWS CLI commands and Cloudgoat, a vulnerable AWS environment, to improve cloud security skills

intermediate Published 8 May 2026

Action Steps

Install and configure the AWS CLI to interact with AWS services
Use AWS CLI commands to enumerate and gather information about the Cloudgoat challenge environment
Identify and exploit vulnerabilities in the AWS Elastic Beanstalk environment to gain administrative access
Analyze and understand the Cloudgoat challenge environment to learn from the intentional vulnerabilities and improve cloud security skills
Apply the learned skills to real-world scenarios to identify and remediate vulnerabilities in AWS Elastic Beanstalk environments

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Security teams and cloud engineers can benefit from this tutorial to enhance their skills in identifying and exploiting vulnerabilities in AWS Elastic Beanstalk environments

Key Insight

💡 Using AWS CLI commands and Cloudgoat, security teams and cloud engineers can improve their skills in identifying and exploiting vulnerabilities in AWS Elastic Beanstalk environments

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Learn to pentest AWS Elastic Beanstalk using AWS CLI commands and Cloudgoat, a vulnerable AWS environment, to improve cloud security skills

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# AWS Elastic Beanstalk Pentesting with AWS CLI

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_Disclaimer: This walkthrough was performed in a controlled lab environment for educational and authorized security testing purposes only._

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### Introduction

This walkthrough covers Capstone Challenge #1: Beanstalk Secrets from the _Introduction to AWS Pentesting_ course created by Tyler Ramsbey.

In this walkthrough, I will use the AWS CLI commands to manually enumerate the Cloudgoat challenge from initial enumeration to privilege escalation, ultimately obtaining administrative access within the environment.

Cloudgoat is an intentionally vulnerable AWS environment designed for cloud security training. This challenge focuses on AWS Elastic Beanstalk, a service that can expose sensitive information an

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