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Azure Cosmos DB Flaw Could Have Exposed All Customer Databases

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from The Hacker News ·

A vulnerability in Azure Cosmos DB allowed attackers to escape the Gremlin query sandbox and gain full read/write access to any database across tenants. The flaw, dubbed CosmosEscape by Wiz, was triggered by a crafted query on an attacker-controlled Gremlin database. Microsoft has patched the issue, but the bug could have led to a massive data breach.

Meridian48 take
The bug's platform-wide scope underscores the risk of shared infrastructure in cloud databases, even with sandboxing.
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