CVE-2025-29813
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedAuthentication bypass by assumed-immutable data in Azure DevOps allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceAuthentication bypass vulnerability in Azure DevOps where assumed-immutable data (such as tokens, session identifiers, or static values) can be manipulated to bypass authentication checks, enabling unauthorized attackers to elevate privileges to higher-privileged accounts.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE dataall versionsCVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm Azure DevOps is in useIdentify whether your environment includes Azure DevOps Services (cloud) or Azure DevOps Server (on-premises). Check for Azure DevOps URLs, installed server components, or integration with Azure DevOps pipelines and repositories.Affected if Azure DevOps Services or Azure DevOps Server is deployed in your environment
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Review audit logs for authentication anomaliesAccess Azure DevOps audit logs via the Azure DevOps organization settings or via the Analytics service. Look for failed authentication attempts followed by successful ones, or authentication from unexpected IP addresses.Affected if Authentication patterns show bypass attempts, privilege escalation, or unauthorized access from unfamiliar sources
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Check for unauthorized Personal Access Tokens (PATs)In Azure DevOps, go to User Settings > Security > Personal Access Tokens. Review all active PATs for unknown or newly created tokens, especially those with elevated scopes (full access, admin permissions).Affected if Unknown PATs exist with broad permissions or PATs were created without user knowledge
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Review user account modifications and privilege escalationExamine Azure DevOps audit logs for user permission changes, role assignments toGroups like Project Administrators or Collection Administrators, or addition to security groups that were not authorized.Affected if User permissions were modified or elevated without proper approval or by unauthorized accounts
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Inspect for suspicious service connections or identitiesCheck Project Settings > Pipelines > Service Connections and Pipeline Permissions for unfamiliar service principals, service connections with excessive permissions, or newly added identities with write access.Affected if Unauthorized service connections exist or unexpected identities have been granted access to pipelines or resources
Your environment is affected if Azure DevOps is deployed and there is any evidence of unauthorized access, privilege escalation, or manipulation of authentication tokens or session data.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply Microsoft security patches for Azure DevOps Server immediately upon release; review and invalidate existing authentication tokens/secrets; enforce multi-factor authentication and principle of least privilege for all user accounts.
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- Review / QA3.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-29813 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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