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What is this endpoint?

vault/v1/sys/health

HashiCorp Vault Health Status

What an attacker could do

The health endpoint reveals Vault version, seal status, and HA state, helping an attacker time attacks against an unsealed instance and fingerprint version-specific vulnerabilities.

How to defend it

Restrict network access to Vault to trusted clients, enforce TLS and audit logging, keep Vault patched, and ensure auth methods and policies follow least privilege.

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