> Cosmos DB's engine translated Gremlin queries into .NET code, enforcing a set of restrictions designed to prevent queries from reaching beyond Gremlin operations. These restrictions, however, didn't sufficiently account for .NET reflection
"Cosmos Master Key"... I can see why that would have been convenient, but talk about a footgun. Right out of a Marvel movie. Still, if admin backdoor access is business-necessary, is the answer a unique admin access key per account?
They patched the vulnerability within 2 days. They spent 6 months rearchitecting their backend. It's a major service for themselves and tens of thousands of customers, you don't vibe code yourself a new database query execution engine overnight.
Is it me or was there a similar vulnerability reported a few years ago? Something about the attacker getting access to all platform's users' databases, though not sure if it was cosmos or something similar.
Incredible that this is the second time Wiz has discovered a global Cosmos DB vulnerability (https://chaosdb.wiz.io/) and a shock that anyone is trusting Microsoft, Azure or in particular Cosmos DB with anything mission critical
Wow, this is so unbelievably amateurish.
https://dirkjanm.io/obtaining-global-admin-in-every-entra-id...
"This vulnerability could have allowed me to compromise every Entra ID tenant in the world (except probably those in national cloud deployments)."