CVE-2025-29827
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 Azure Automation 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 Azure Automation that allows an authenticated attacker to escalate their privileges beyond what their current role should permit. The flaw enables privilege elevation attacks over network access, potentially letting attackers gain higher-level permissions within the Azure environment.
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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List Azure Automation accounts in your subscriptionRun 'Get-AzAutomationAccount' from Azure PowerShell module or navigate to Automation Accounts in Azure Portal to identify all Automation accounts in your subscriptionAffected if Any Azure Automation account exists in the subscription - the vulnerability affects all versions
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Review role assignments on Automation accountsCheck the Access control (IAM) blade for each Automation account. Run 'Get-AzRoleAssignment -Scope /subscriptions/<sub-id>/resourceGroups/<rg>/providers/Microsoft.Automation/automationAccounts/<account>' to list all role assignmentsAffected if Users or service principals have roles that permit operations beyond their intended permission level, or unexpected role assignments exist
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Examine Azure Activity Log for privilege escalation eventsFilter Azure Activity Log for events where 'status' indicates failure or 'authorization' shows permission changes. Look for operations performed by users with lower-privileged roles accessing higher-privileged resourcesAffected if Audit logs show operations succeeded that should have been denied based on the assigned role, indicating the authorization bypass is being exploited
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Check for unauthorized Runbook modifications or executionsReview Runbook activity logs in the Automation account. Look for Runbooks created or modified by users whose roles should not permit authoring, or executions of Runbooks accessing resources outside their role scopeAffected if Runbooks were modified or executed by users whose assigned roles do not normally permit such actions
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Review Azure AD sign-in and privilege escalation logsCheck Azure AD sign-in logs combined with Microsoft Defender for Cloud or Azure Sentinel for alerts related to privilege escalation or unusual permission changes following Automation account accessAffected if Users who accessed Automation accounts subsequently performed privileged operations that exceed their assigned role permissions
You are affected if you have any Azure Automation accounts and users with role assignments that permit operations beyond what their roles should allow, as evidenced by successful unauthorized actions in logs.
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 dataMonitor for unusual privilege escalation activity in Azure Automation accounts and ensure users follow least-privilege principles. Apply Microsoft's security updates for Azure Automation once available and review role assignments for unnecessary permissions.
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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
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