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What is this endpoint?

fastly/api/service

Fastly Service API

What an attacker could do

An exposed Fastly API token lets an attacker modify VCL/service configuration, reroute or poison cached content, and disable TLS, affecting all edge traffic for the service.

How to defend it

Use scoped Fastly API tokens with only the needed roles, restrict them by service and IP, and never embed tokens in front-end assets or commit them to version control.

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