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Azure Cosmos DB vulnerability exposed platform-wide access keys

2 beadsJul 30 → Jul 30moved 61d ago

The wire

2026-07-30

Azure Cosmos DB vulnerability exposed platform-wide access keys

broke 61d ago · 2 reports · other

Microsoft patched a critical flaw in Azure Cosmos DB called CosmosEscape that allowed attackers to escape the Gremlin query sandbox and gain full read/write access to any database across customer tenants using a platform-wide key. The vulnerability affected the entire Cosmos DB platform.

CosmosEscape: critical vulnerability affects Azure Cosmos DB

broke 61d ago · 3 reports · tech · other

Security researcher Wiz disclosed CosmosEscape, a vulnerability enabling attackers to take over databases in Microsoft's Azure Cosmos DB service. The finding was shared across tech security communities including Hacker News.