Security News > 2023 > May > Researchers Discover 3 Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Azure API Management Service

Three new security flaws have been disclosed in Microsoft Azure API Management service that could be abused by malicious actors to gain access to sensitive information or backend services.

This includes two server-side request forgery flaws and one instance of unrestricted file upload functionality in the API Management developer portal, according to Israeli cloud security firm Ermetic.

"By abusing the SSRF vulnerabilities, attackers could send requests from the service's CORS Proxy and the hosting proxy itself, access internal Azure assets, deny service and bypass web application firewalls," security researcher Liv Matan said in a report shared with The Hacker News.

Azure API Management is a multicloud management platform that allows organizations to securely expose their APIs to external and internal customers and enable a wide range of connected experiences.

Exploitation of SSRF flaws can result in loss of confidentiality and integrity, permitting a threat actor to read internal Azure resources and execute unauthorized code.

The findings come weeks after researchers from Orca detailed a "By-design flaw" in Microsoft Azure could be exploited by attackers to gain access to storage accounts, move laterally in the environment, and even execute remote code.

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