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What is this endpoint?

api/v1/prometheus/query

Prometheus Query API

What an attacker could do

Open Prometheus query access leaks internal metrics, hostnames, service topology, and label values that map the environment, and supports resource-exhausting queries that degrade monitoring.

How to defend it

Require authentication via a reverse proxy, bind Prometheus to internal networks only, and enforce query limits to prevent expensive range scans.

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