diff --git a/api/secret.go b/api/secret.go
index 77e3ee9a9..37e60892e 100644
--- a/api/secret.go
+++ b/api/secret.go
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@ package api
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"reflect"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/errwrap"
@@ -302,7 +305,15 @@ func ParseSecret(r io.Reader) (*Secret, error) {
 	// First read the data into a buffer. Not super efficient but we want to
 	// know if we actually have a body or not.
 	var buf bytes.Buffer
-	_, err := buf.ReadFrom(r)
+
+	// io.Reader is treated like a stream and cannot be read
+	// multiple times. Duplicating this stream using TeeReader
+	// to use this data in case there is no top-level data from
+	// api response
+	var teebuf bytes.Buffer
+	tee := io.TeeReader(r, &teebuf)
+
+	_, err := buf.ReadFrom(tee)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -316,5 +327,38 @@ func ParseSecret(r io.Reader) (*Secret, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	// If the secret is null, add raw data to secret data if present
+	if reflect.DeepEqual(secret, Secret{}) {
+		data := make(map[string]interface{})
+		if err := jsonutil.DecodeJSONFromReader(&teebuf, &data); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		errRaw, errPresent := data["errors"]
+
+		// if only errors are present in the resp.Body return nil
+		// to return value not found as it does not have any raw data
+		if len(data) == 1 && errPresent {
+			return nil, nil
+		}
+
+		// if errors are present along with raw data return the error
+		if errPresent {
+			var errStrArray []string
+			errBytes, err := json.Marshal(errRaw)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			if err := json.Unmarshal(errBytes, &errStrArray); err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf(strings.Join(errStrArray, " "))
+		}
+
+		// if any raw data is present in resp.Body, add it to secret
+		if len(data) > 0 {
+			secret.Data = data
+		}
+	}
+
 	return &secret, nil
 }
diff --git a/changelog/17913.txt b/changelog/17913.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f26a779c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/17913.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:bug
+cli: Fix vault read handling to return raw data as secret.Data when there is no top-level data object from api response.
+```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/command/read_test.go b/command/read_test.go
index 13f41da7e..4a8ec877a 100644
--- a/command/read_test.go
+++ b/command/read_test.go
@@ -128,6 +128,33 @@ func TestReadCommand_Run(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	})
 
+	t.Run("no_data_object_from_api_response", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+
+		client, closer := testVaultServer(t)
+		defer closer()
+
+		ui, cmd := testReadCommand(t)
+		cmd.client = client
+
+		code := cmd.Run([]string{
+			"sys/health",
+		})
+		if exp := 0; code != exp {
+			t.Errorf("expected %d to be %d", code, exp)
+		}
+		combined := ui.OutputWriter.String() + ui.ErrorWriter.String()
+		expected := []string{
+			"cluster_id", "cluster_name", "initialized", "performance_standby", "replication_dr_mode", "replication_performance_mode", "sealed",
+			"server_time_utc", "standby", "version",
+		}
+		for _, expectedField := range expected {
+			if !strings.Contains(combined, expectedField) {
+				t.Errorf("expected %q to contain %q", combined, expected)
+			}
+		}
+	})
+
 	t.Run("no_tabs", func(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Parallel()