diff --git a/src/backend/InvenTree/InvenTree/api.py b/src/backend/InvenTree/InvenTree/api.py
index c08f24289c..cd18e2a7b3 100644
--- a/src/backend/InvenTree/InvenTree/api.py
+++ b/src/backend/InvenTree/InvenTree/api.py
@@ -877,6 +877,9 @@ class GenericMetadataView(RetrieveUpdateAPI):
     serializer_class = MetadataSerializer
     permission_classes = [InvenTree.permissions.ContentTypePermission]
 
+    # Enforce limited range of lookup fields to prevent arbitrary queryset filtering
+    ALLOWED_LOOKUP_FIELDS = {'pk', 'key'}
+
     def get_permission_model(self):
         """Return the 'permission' model associated with this view."""
         model_name = self.kwargs.get('model', None)
@@ -921,6 +924,17 @@ class GenericMetadataView(RetrieveUpdateAPI):
         )
         return super().dispatch(request, *args, **kwargs)
 
+    def initial(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        """Validate the lookup field before any queryset is touched.
+
+        This runs inside APIView's own exception handling (unlike dispatch(),
+        which runs before it), and *before* permission checks - so an invalid
+        lookup field is rejected without ever executing a query.
+        """
+        if self.lookup_field not in self.ALLOWED_LOOKUP_FIELDS:
+            raise ValidationError(f"Invalid lookup field '{self.lookup_field}'")
+        return super().initial(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
 
 class SimpleGenericMetadataView(GenericMetadataView):
     """Simplified version of GenericMetadataView which always uses 'pk' as the lookup field."""
diff --git a/src/backend/InvenTree/InvenTree/test_api.py b/src/backend/InvenTree/InvenTree/test_api.py
index c74632d4bc..1f67579881 100644
--- a/src/backend/InvenTree/InvenTree/test_api.py
+++ b/src/backend/InvenTree/InvenTree/test_api.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from base64 import b64encode
 from pathlib import Path
 from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
 
+from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 from django.core.exceptions import AppRegistryNotReady
 from django.test import TestCase
 from django.urls import reverse
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ from InvenTree.api_version import INVENTREE_API_VERSION
 from InvenTree.exceptions import exception_handler
 from InvenTree.unit_test import InvenTreeAPITestCase, InvenTreeTestCase
 from InvenTree.version import inventreeApiText, parse_version_text
+from users.models import ApiToken
 from users.ruleset import RULESET_NAMES
 from users.tasks import update_group_roles
 
@@ -658,3 +660,56 @@ class GeneralApiTests(InvenTreeAPITestCase):
         self.assertIn('bom-exporter', keys)
         self.assertIn('inventree-ui-notification', keys)
         self.assertIn('inventreelabel', keys)
+
+    def test_generic_metadata_lookup_field_injection(self):
+        """The generic metadata endpoint must not accept arbitrary lookup expressions.
+
+        Regression test for a vulnerability where 'lookup_field' was passed
+        straight from the URL into the ORM (e.g. 'key__regex'), letting an
+        unprivileged user turn distinguishable 403 / 404 / 500 responses into
+        an oracle to recover another user's raw API token, byte by byte.
+        """
+        victim = get_user_model().objects.create_user(
+            username='metadata_victim', password='hunter2', email='victim@example.org'
+        )
+        token = ApiToken.objects.create(user=victim)
+
+        def lookup_url(model, lookup_field, lookup_value):
+            return reverse(
+                'api-generic-metadata',
+                kwargs={
+                    'model': model,
+                    'lookup_field': lookup_field,
+                    'lookup_value': lookup_value,
+                },
+            )
+
+        # A pattern which *would* match the victim's token if 'key__regex'
+        # were actually applied as a regex filter against ApiToken.key
+        matching_pattern = f'^{token.key}$'
+        non_matching_pattern = '^this-will-never-match-anything$'
+
+        responses = set()
+
+        for pattern in (matching_pattern, non_matching_pattern):
+            for lookup_field in ('key__regex', 'key__contains', 'key__startswith'):
+                response = self.get(
+                    lookup_url('apitoken', lookup_field, pattern), expected_code=400
+                )
+                self.assertIn('Invalid lookup field', str(response.data))
+                responses.add(response.status_code)
+
+        # Matching and non-matching patterns must be indistinguishable
+        self.assertEqual(len(responses), 1)
+
+        # The exact-match 'key' lookup stays permitted (used elsewhere, e.g.
+        # by plugin config lookups) - a non-admin still can't read another
+        # user's token metadata through it, since object permissions apply.
+        self.get(lookup_url('apitoken', 'key', token.key), expected_code=403)
+
+        # Not apitoken-specific: any model/lookup-type combination outside
+        # the allow-list is rejected the same way.
+        response = self.get(
+            lookup_url('user', 'password__startswith', 'x'), expected_code=400
+        )
+        self.assertIn('Invalid lookup field', str(response.data))