CVE-2025-66390

CRITICAL

Microsoft Azure API Management <= 2025-10-17 - Cross-Tenant Self-Service Signup Bypass via Host Header Manipulation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2025-66390. PoCs published by dz-y.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This PoC exploits an authentication bypass in Azure API Management (APIM) Developer Portal by directly invoking the backend `/signup` API endpoint, which remains active even when self-service signup is disabled in the UI. The script solves a proof-of-work (PoW) challenge client-side to complete the registration process, enabling unauthorized account creation.

Description

In Microsoft Azure API Management through 2025-10-17, when self-service signup (username/password Basic Authentication) is enabled in Tenant A, an attacker can reuse the registration flow by changing the hostname or tenant identifier to Tenant B, even when Tenant B has signup disabled at the UI level. In other words, disabling signup in the UI does not disable the underlying API endpoint (which still accepts cross-tenant requests based on the Host header). NOTE: The supplier states that they evaluated the report and determined it did not cross a security boundary (i.e., the observed behavior was a configuration/state issue rather than an exploitable product vulnerability affecting tenant isolation). NOTE: The supplier evaluated this report and determined that it did not cross a security boundary (i.e., the observed behavior was a configuration/state issue rather than an exploitable product vulnerability affecting tenant isolation).

Exploits (1)

nomisec WORKING POC
by dz-y · poc
https://github.com/dz-y/Azure-APIM-Dev-Portal-Signup-Bypass

This PoC exploits an authentication bypass in Azure API Management (APIM) Developer Portal by directly invoking the backend `/signup` API endpoint, which remains active even when self-service signup is disabled in the UI. The script solves a proof-of-work (PoW) challenge client-side to complete the registration process, enabling unauthorized account creation.

Classification
Working Poc 98%
Attack Type
Auth Bypass
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Azure API Management (APIM) Developer Portal (CVE-2025-66390)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Target must have the `/signup` API endpoint exposed and functional · PoW challenge must be solvable within the given `maxnumber` range (typically 75,000 iterations)
mistral-large-3 · analyzed Aug 06, 2026 Full analysis →

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0034
EPSS Percentile 27.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable yes
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-284
Status published
Published Jul 21, 2026
Tracked Since Jul 21, 2026