Microsoft Azure security advisory

Number: AV21-424
Date: 27 August 2021

On 26 August 2021 security researchers disclosed a vulnerability VulnerabilityA flaw or weakness in the design or implementation of an information system or its environment that could be exploited to adversely affect an organization's assets or operations. in Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform. The following Azure component is affected:

• Cosmos DB

Exploitation of this vulnerability would have exposed credentials that could have allowed an unauthorized actor to view, modify or delete data in Cosmos DB databases.

Microsoft has indicated in open-source reporting that it remediated the vulnerability on 14 August 2021. However, the researchers suggest that Azure Cosmos DB keys may have been exposed prior to this.

The Cyber Centre encourages users and administrators to review the provided web links, assess the risk of potential exposure and consider regenerating the Cosmos DB primary key.

ChaosDB - Critical Vulnerability in Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB
https://chaosdb.wiz.io/

Secure access to data in Azure Cosmos DB
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cosmos-db/secure-access-to-data?tabs=using-primary-key#primary-keys

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