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What is this endpoint?

api/v1/timescaledb/metrics

TimescaleDB Metrics API

What an attacker could do

As a PostgreSQL extension, an exposed TimescaleDB endpoint inherits Postgres risk: with weak or default credentials an attacker reads hypertables of time-series data and can leverage SQL functions or COPY to access the host filesystem.

How to defend it

Enforce strong PostgreSQL role passwords and pg_hba.conf host restrictions, require TLS connections, and never expose port 5432 or any metrics proxy directly to the internet.

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