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MICROSOFT ACKNOWLEDGES "AUTOWARP" CRITICAL SECURITY VULNERABILITY AFFECTING
AZURE AUTOMATION SERVICE


Rabia Noureen |

Mar 08, 2022



Microsoft has addressed a new critical security vulnerability in its Azure
Automation service. The exploit labeled “AutoWarp” was mitigated in December
2021, and the company confirmed that it could enable malicious actors to get
access to the data and resources of other Azure customers.

The cross-tenant vulnerability was first discovered by a researcher at Orca
Security and reported to Microsoft on December 6, 2021. Essentially, the
AutoWarp flaw allows threat actors to access the Managed Identities tokens of
other tenants.

“Someone with malicious intentions could’ve continuously grabbed tokens, and
with each token, widen the attack to more Azure customers,” explained Yoav Alon,
CTO at Orca Security. “This attack could mean full control over resources and
data belonging to the targeted account, depending on the permissions assigned by
the customer.”





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been notified, and the company is recommending customers follow the security
guidelines available on this support page.


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