Microsoft Azure CLI command injection

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Microsoft Azure CLI. Affected is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in command injection. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2025-24049. The attack is only possible with local access. There is not any exploit available. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft Azure CLI (the affected version is unknown). This affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Improper neutralization of special elements used in a command ('command injection') in Azure Command Line Integration (CLI) allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

The weakness was released 03/11/2025 as confirmed security update guide (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at msrc.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-24049. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/20/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1202 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 233396 (SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : azure-cli-core (SUSE-SU-2025:1019-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (233396) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-0544). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• SUSE Linux
• SUSE openSUSE
• Microsoft Azure
• Microsoft Azure CLI

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• Cloud Software

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• Microsoft

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• Azure CLI

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.microsoft.com/

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