CVE-2020-16904
highpriority · track · 31OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.034 · 89 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way Azure Functions validate access keys.</p> <p>An unauthenticated attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could invoke an HTTP Function without proper authorization.</p> <p>This security update addresses the vulnerability by correctly validating access keys used to access HTTP Functions.</p>
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 5.3–9.8
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affected products (3)
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references (7)
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- http://www.nsfocus.net/vulndb/49984cnnvd
- https://azure.microsoft.com/en-au/services/functions/Patchcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16904cnnvd
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16904cnnvd
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/zh-CN/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16904cnnvd
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16904enisa_euvd
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16904PatchVendor Advisorynvd
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