Introduction
Privilege escalation in cloud-managed data stores can lead to unauthorized administrative access and data exposure. CVE-2025-59271 is a recent high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Azure Cache for Redis Enterprise, a widely used managed Redis service in the Azure ecosystem. With a CVSS score of 8.7, this issue highlights the critical importance of robust authorization controls in cloud environments.
Technical Information
CVE-2025-59271 is classified under CWE-285 (Improper Authorization). The vulnerability allows authenticated users to escalate their privileges within the Azure Cache for Redis Enterprise service due to insufficient authorization checks. This could enable users with limited permissions to perform actions reserved for higher-privileged accounts. The vulnerability is remotely exploitable by authenticated users. No public code snippets, technical diagrams, or detailed exploitation steps have been disclosed. The root cause is an authorization logic flaw, but no further specifics are available from Microsoft or public advisories.
Affected Systems and Versions
- Product: Microsoft Azure Cache for Redis Enterprise
- Specific affected versions or configuration details have not been published in public sources as of this writing.
Vendor Security History
Microsoft Azure Cache for Redis Enterprise is part of the broader Azure platform, which has previously experienced privilege escalation and authorization vulnerabilities in other services. Microsoft typically responds to critical vulnerabilities with timely advisories and patches, but no patch or version-specific information is available for CVE-2025-59271 at this time.
