diff --git a/docs/source/endpoints/querystring.md b/docs/source/endpoints/querystring.md
index b376fa0625..4083e4966c 100644
--- a/docs/source/endpoints/querystring.md
+++ b/docs/source/endpoints/querystring.md
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ The `operators` property contains additional metadata about each operation.
 If an index uses a vocabulary, the vocabulary values are included in the `values` property.
 The vocabulary is resolved in the same context where the `/@querystring` endpoint is called (requires `plone.app.querystring >= 2.1.0`).
 
+If an index uses a vocabulary that the current user does not have permission to access, that index will not be included in the results.
+
 ## Get `querystring` configuration
 
 To get the metadata about all query operations available in the portal, call the `/@querystring` endpoint with a `GET` request:
diff --git a/src/plone/restapi/services/querystring/get.py b/src/plone/restapi/services/querystring/get.py
index 359bf8625c..f1d6206437 100644
--- a/src/plone/restapi/services/querystring/get.py
+++ b/src/plone/restapi/services/querystring/get.py
@@ -3,19 +3,29 @@
 from plone.restapi.services import Service
 from zope.component import getMultiAdapter
 from zope.component import getUtility
-
+from plone.restapi.services.vocabularies.get import VocabulariesGet
 
 class QuerystringGet(Service):
-    """Returns the querystring configuration.
-
-    This basically does the same thing as the '@@querybuilderjsonconfig'
-    view from p.a.querystring, but exposes the config via the REST API.
-    """
-
+    """Returns the querystring configuration, filtering based on user permissions."""
+    
     def reply(self):
         registry = getUtility(IRegistry)
         reader = getMultiAdapter((registry, self.request), IQuerystringRegistryReader)
         reader.vocab_context = self.context
         result = reader()
-        result["@id"] = "%s/@querystring" % self.context.absolute_url()
+        
+        # Filter vocabularies based on user permissions
+        vocabularies_get_service = VocabulariesGet(self.context, self.request)
+        indexes_to_remove = []
+        
+        for index_name, index_data in result['indexes'].items():
+            if 'vocabulary' in index_data:
+                vocabulary_name = index_data['vocabulary']
+                if not vocabularies_get_service._has_permission_to_access_vocabulary(vocabulary_name):
+                    indexes_to_remove.append(index_name)
+                    
+        for index_name in indexes_to_remove:
+            del result['indexes'][index_name]
+        
+        result["@id"] = f"{self.context.absolute_url()}/@querystring"
         return result
diff --git a/src/plone/restapi/tests/test_querystring_get.py b/src/plone/restapi/tests/test_querystring_get.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ddcf054a1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plone/restapi/tests/test_querystring_get.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+from plone.app.testing import PLONE_RESTAPI_FUNCTIONAL_TESTING
+from plone.restapi.testing import RelativeSession
+import unittest
+
+class TestQuerystringGet(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    layer = PLONE_RESTAPI_FUNCTIONAL_TESTING
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.portal = self.layer["portal"]
+        self.api_session = RelativeSession(self.portal.absolute_url())
+        self.api_session.headers.update({"Accept": "application/json"})
+
+    def test_vocabularies_permission_filtering(self):
+        response = self.api_session.get("/@querystring")
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+        result = response.json()
+        
+        # Assert that a sensitive vocabulary is filtered out
+        self.assertNotIn('plone.app.vocabularies.Users', result['indexes'])
+        self.assertNotIn('plone.app.vocabularies.Groups', result['indexes'])
+        
+        # Assert that public vocabularies are still present
+        self.assertIn('plone.app.vocabularies.Keywords', result['indexes'])
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        self.api_session.close()