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CVE-2025-21415: CWE-290: Authentication Bypass by Spoofing in Microsoft Azure AI Face Service

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Critical
VulnerabilityCVE-2025-21415cvecve-2025-21415cwe-290
Published: 01/29/2025 (01/29/2025, 22:42:01 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: Microsoft
Product: 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

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

AI-Powered Analysis

Machine-generated threat intelligence

AILast updated: 06/10/2026, 10:02:01 UTC

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.

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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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