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by dnet 1811 days ago
Not necessarily -- there can be a number of reasons one can access localhost over the loopback interface that does _not_ imply root access: SSRF, misconfigured tunnels, or just a plain unpriviliged account where the attacker couldn't perform privilege escalation (either because the attacker's incompetence or the system being up-to-date and/or hardened)
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Ok. Then add your password on these system when you design like that. That's not the default as most people feel otherwise.