Introduction
Privilege escalation in cloud monitoring infrastructure can undermine the integrity of an entire Azure environment. CVE-2025-62207, disclosed in November 2025, is a high-severity server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in Microsoft Azure Monitor that allows attackers to escalate privileges within the monitoring service. With a CVSS score of 8.6, this issue is particularly relevant to organizations relying on Azure for observability and operational security.
Technical Information
CVE-2025-62207 is classified under CWE-918, which covers SSRF vulnerabilities. SSRF occurs when a server accepts untrusted input (such as a URL) and uses it to make outbound requests without proper validation. In the context of Azure Monitor, this vulnerability could allow an attacker to craft requests that cause the service to access internal Azure resources, such as the Azure Instance Metadata Service (IMDS). By doing so, attackers may be able to retrieve sensitive information like managed identity tokens or credentials, enabling privilege escalation within the Azure Monitor environment.
The root cause is insufficient validation of user-supplied input in Azure Monitor components that process URLs or similar request parameters. Attackers exploiting this flaw could bypass authentication and authorization controls, gaining access to resources or data not intended for their privilege level. No public code snippets or detailed exploit chains are available for this vulnerability as of the disclosure date.
Affected Systems and Versions
- Product: Microsoft Azure Monitor
- Specific affected versions are not listed in public sources. The vulnerability was addressed in the November 2025 Patch Tuesday update. Organizations should ensure all Azure Monitor instances and agents are updated to the latest available versions as of November 2025.
Vendor Security History
Microsoft Azure Monitor has experienced several significant vulnerabilities in recent years:
- CVE-2024-29989: Azure Monitor Agent elevation of privilege (April 2024)
- CVE-2025-47988: Azure Monitor Agent code injection (2025)
- CVE-2025-59504: Azure Monitor Agent remote code execution (2025)
Microsoft typically responds to such issues with regular Patch Tuesday releases and has a mature vulnerability disclosure and remediation process.
References
- Microsoft Security Response Center advisory
- CWE-918: Server-Side Request Forgery
- Qualys November 2025 Microsoft Security Alerts
- ZeroPath blog on Azure Monitor Agent CVE-2025-47988
- CVE-2024-29989 in Azure Monitor Agent
- Vectra on SSRF
- CrowdStrike Patch Tuesday November 2025
- Krebs on Security November 2025 Patch Tuesday
