Recent scans reveal a significant number of systems exposing port 9101, a common default for the HAProxy exporter, but these aren't necessarily genuine HAProxy exporters. This highlights a critical security consideration for AI/ML and data science teams relying on HAProxy metrics for monitoring, as misinterpreting these counts can lead to inaccurate assessments of infrastructure exposure. To ensure data integrity and security, organizations should verify the HAProxy stats endpoint and restrict access to it independently of the Prometheus listener.
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