Azure Automation Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

published 2025-05-08 18 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-14049

cvss: 9.9; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.5%; EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 75%
public exploits: 0; none known

Improper authorization in Azure Automation allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.

Patch / fix

links 1

msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-29827 advisory

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 18 mo ago (2025-05-09)

Exploit prediction

1.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	9.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CNA	3.1	9.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
NVD	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Microsoft Azure Automation

Classification

Weakness

CWE-285 Improper Authorization
CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization

References

msrc.microsoft.com /update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-29827
vendor-advisory, patch

Sources

CVE List CVE-2025-29827
NVD CVE-2025-29827

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Summary