CVE-2025-29814
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 · uneditedImproper authorization in Microsoft Partner Center allows an authorized 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 confidenceThis is an improper authorization vulnerability in Microsoft Partner Center where an authenticated attacker with limited privileges can escalate their access to higher-privileged roles within the platform. The vulnerability allows an authorized but low-privilege user to perform actions beyond their intended scope by exploiting broken authorization checks.
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
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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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Verify Microsoft Partner Center usageCheck if your organization has an active Microsoft Partner Center account by logging into the Partner Center portal at https://partner.microsoft.com or contacting your organization's Microsoft partner admin to confirm active participation in the Microsoft Partner Program.Affected if Your organization actively uses Microsoft Partner Center for partner-related functions such as managing CSP subscriptions, adding customers, or accessing partner incentives.
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Review Partner Center user role assignmentsAccess Partner Center admin roles via the Partner Center portal. Navigate to Account settings > User management, or have a global admin check which users are assigned roles such as Admin Agent, Sales Agent, Help Desk Agent, or Global Admin. Document the current role assignments for all users.Affected if Multiple users have elevated roles (especially Admin Agent or Global Admin) or there are users with roles that appear unnecessary for their job function.
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Audit Partner Center activity logs for privilege escalationIn Partner Center, access the Activity log (typically under Analytics or Account settings). Filter for events such as role changes, user additions, permission modifications, or access to sensitive customer data. Look for actions performed by users who should not have elevated privileges based on their assigned role.Affected if Activity logs show actions performed by low-privilege users that should require higher privileges, such as creating new admin users, accessing customer billing information, or modifying partner-wide settings.
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Check for unauthorized user accountsReview the complete user list in Partner Center (Account settings > User management) and compare against expected user roster. Look for newly added accounts, especially those with Admin or elevated privileges, that were not created by known administrators.Affected if There are user accounts in Partner Center that were created by users who should not have permission to add new users, or accounts exist that are not recognized by your organization.
Your organization is likely affected if you use Microsoft Partner Center and detect any user activity or role modifications that exceed the intended privileges of that user's assigned role, or if unauthorized users have been added with elevated permissions.
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 dataOrganizations using Microsoft Partner Center should monitor for unusual privilege escalation activities and review user role assignments until Microsoft releases an official patch. Apply the principle of least privilege to all Partner Center accounts.
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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.
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- 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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