CVE-2025-21415: CWE-290: Authentication Bypass by Spoofing in Microsoft Azure AI Face Service
Authentication bypass by spoofing in Azure AI Face Service allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
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Technical Summary
This vulnerability in Azure AI Face Service enables an attacker with some level of authorization to bypass authentication mechanisms by spoofing, thereby escalating their privileges. The flaw impacts the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the service, as indicated by a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.9 with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no user interaction, and scope change. Microsoft has acknowledged the issue and provided an official fix. Since this is a cloud service, Microsoft manages the remediation on their side.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges within the Azure AI Face Service environment, potentially compromising sensitive data and disrupting service availability. The vulnerability affects confidentiality, integrity, and availability at a critical level.
Mitigation Recommendations
Microsoft has released an official fix for this vulnerability and manages remediation for this cloud-hosted service. Users should refer to the Microsoft Security Response Center advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21415 for the latest update status and ensure their Azure AI Face Service instances are updated accordingly.
CVE-2025-21415: CWE-290: Authentication Bypass by Spoofing in Microsoft Azure AI Face Service
Description
Authentication bypass by spoofing in Azure AI Face Service allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
CVSS v3.1
Score 9.9critical
Weaknesses
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Technical Analysis
This vulnerability in Azure AI Face Service enables an attacker with some level of authorization to bypass authentication mechanisms by spoofing, thereby escalating their privileges. The flaw impacts the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the service, as indicated by a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.9 with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no user interaction, and scope change. Microsoft has acknowledged the issue and provided an official fix. Since this is a cloud service, Microsoft manages the remediation on their side.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges within the Azure AI Face Service environment, potentially compromising sensitive data and disrupting service availability. The vulnerability affects confidentiality, integrity, and availability at a critical level.
Mitigation Recommendations
Microsoft has released an official fix for this vulnerability and manages remediation for this cloud-hosted service. Users should refer to the Microsoft Security Response Center advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21415 for the latest update status and ensure their Azure AI Face Service instances are updated accordingly.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2024-12-11T00:29:48.377Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Is Cloud Service
- true
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21415","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 68c0bd549ed239a66badec78
Added to database: 09/09/2025, 23:50:44 UTC
Last enriched: 06/10/2026, 10:02:01 UTC
Last updated: 07/05/2026, 08:51:18 UTC
Views: 451
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