Unauthenticated privilege escalation via spoofable identity claims
Published May 8, 2025 · Updated Feb 26, 2026
Authentication bypass in Microsoft Azure DevOps allows remote attackers to elevate privileges by spoofing identity claims over a network. Azure DevOps trusts attacker-controlled identity data as immutable during authentication, but Microsoft has not disclosed the exact claim, endpoint, or failed validation. No credentials or user interaction are required, and successful exploitation grants elevated privileges in the exclusively hosted service.
Summary
What happened
Authentication bypass in Microsoft Azure DevOps allows remote attackers to elevate privileges by spoofing identity claims over a network. Azure DevOps trusts attacker-controlled identity data as immutable during authentication, but Microsoft has not disclosed the exact claim, endpoint, or failed validation. No credentials or user interaction are required, and successful exploitation grants elevated privileges in the exclusively hosted service.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-29813
- Published
- May 8, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 26, 2026
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Azure DevOps
- Classifications
- CWE-302, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- May 8, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 26, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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