diff --git a/backend/UniVerse.Api/Middleware/LocalNetworksOnlyMiddleware.cs b/backend/UniVerse.Api/Middleware/LocalNetworksOnlyMiddleware.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db9d6a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/UniVerse.Api/Middleware/LocalNetworksOnlyMiddleware.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+using System.Net;
+using System.Net.Sockets;
+
+namespace UniVerse.Api.Middleware;
+
+public sealed class LocalNetworksOnlyMiddleware
+{
+    private readonly RequestDelegate _next;
+    private readonly ILogger<LocalNetworksOnlyMiddleware> _logger;
+
+    public LocalNetworksOnlyMiddleware(RequestDelegate next, ILogger<LocalNetworksOnlyMiddleware> logger)
+    {
+        _next = next;
+        _logger = logger;
+    }
+
+    public async Task InvokeAsync(HttpContext context)
+    {
+        var remoteIpAddress = context.Connection.RemoteIpAddress;
+
+        if (remoteIpAddress is null || !IsLocalNetwork(remoteIpAddress))
+        {
+            _logger.LogWarning("Blocked metrics request from non-local address {RemoteIpAddress}", remoteIpAddress);
+            context.Response.StatusCode = StatusCodes.Status403Forbidden;
+            await context.Response.WriteAsync("Metrics endpoint is available only from local networks.");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        await _next(context);
+    }
+
+    private static bool IsLocalNetwork(IPAddress ipAddress)
+    {
+        if (IPAddress.IsLoopback(ipAddress))
+        {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        if (ipAddress.IsIPv4MappedToIPv6)
+        {
+            ipAddress = ipAddress.MapToIPv4();
+        }
+
+        return ipAddress.AddressFamily switch
+        {
+            AddressFamily.InterNetwork => IsPrivateOrLinkLocalIPv4(ipAddress),
+            AddressFamily.InterNetworkV6 => IsPrivateOrLinkLocalIPv6(ipAddress),
+            _ => false
+        };
+    }
+
+    private static bool IsPrivateOrLinkLocalIPv4(IPAddress ipAddress)
+    {
+        var bytes = ipAddress.GetAddressBytes();
+
+        return bytes[0] == 10
+               || bytes[0] == 127
+               || (bytes[0] == 192 && bytes[1] == 168)
+               || (bytes[0] == 172 && bytes[1] is >= 16 and <= 31)
+               || (bytes[0] == 169 && bytes[1] == 254);
+    }
+
+    private static bool IsPrivateOrLinkLocalIPv6(IPAddress ipAddress)
+    {
+        var bytes = ipAddress.GetAddressBytes();
+
+        return ipAddress.IsIPv6LinkLocal
+               || ipAddress.IsIPv6SiteLocal
+               || (bytes[0] & 0xfe) == 0xfc;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/backend/UniVerse.Api/Program.cs b/backend/UniVerse.Api/Program.cs
index a9d76c9..e6a1089 100644
--- a/backend/UniVerse.Api/Program.cs
+++ b/backend/UniVerse.Api/Program.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.JwtBearer;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 using Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens;
 using Microsoft.OpenApi;
+using Prometheus;
 using Quartz;
 using Serilog;
 using UniVerse.Api.BackgroundServices;
@@ -221,6 +222,7 @@ if (app.Environment.IsDevelopment())
 app.UseCors();
 app.UseAuthentication();
 app.UseAuthorization();
+app.UseHttpMetrics();
 if (app.Environment.IsDevelopment())
 {
     app.UseAntiforgery();
@@ -228,4 +230,10 @@ if (app.Environment.IsDevelopment())
 }
 app.MapControllers();
 
+// Restrict Prometheus scrape endpoint to local and private networks.
+app.UseWhen(
+    context => context.Request.Path.StartsWithSegments("/metrics", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase),
+    branch => branch.UseMiddleware<LocalNetworksOnlyMiddleware>());
+app.MapMetrics();
+
 app.Run();
diff --git a/backend/UniVerse.Api/UniVerse.Api.csproj b/backend/UniVerse.Api/UniVerse.Api.csproj
index 1f9a164..70e2746 100644
--- a/backend/UniVerse.Api/UniVerse.Api.csproj
+++ b/backend/UniVerse.Api/UniVerse.Api.csproj
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
         <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Sinks.Console" Version="6.1.1" />
         <PackageReference Include="FluentValidation.AspNetCore" Version="11.3.1" />
         <PackageReference Include="Quartz.Extensions.Hosting" Version="3.18.1" />
+        <PackageReference Include="prometheus-net.AspNetCore" Version="8.2.1" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>