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What is Shadow & Zombie APIs?
Definition
Undocumented, unmonitored, or deprecated APIs that are still live and accessible to attackers.
Security Impact
These endpoints often lack modern authentication or rate limiting, providing easy backdoors into the database.
How to Remediate
Maintain an accurate OpenAPI inventory, use API gateways to route all traffic, and actively sunset old versions.
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