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Replay Attack - CI/CD Glossary Definition

A replay attack re-sends a previously valid request to make it happen a second time.

A replay attack is when an attacker captures a valid request (such as a signed webhook) and resends it later to trigger the action again.

A correct signature alone does not stop replay; defenses add a timestamp check and a nonce or delivery ID so the receiver rejects requests it has already processed or that are too old.

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