Microsoft Azure Pipelines: Remote code execution via command injection
Summary
Azure Pipelines, Microsoft's CI/CD platform, contains a command injection flaw (CWE-77) that allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute code over the network. According to the CVSS vector, no privileges or user interaction are needed and the impact on confidentiality and integrity is high. Microsoft documents this CVE as a cloud service issue for which no customer action is required; the scope for self-hosted agents and on-premises Azure DevOps Server is unknown.
Affected
- Microsoft Azure Pipelines (cloud service)
- Affected versions: Unknown. Aggregators list 'All versions', but this is not verified against the MSRC product table.
- Scope for Azure DevOps Server (on-premises) and self-hosted agents: Unknown.
Fixed in
- Unknown. Microsoft indicates that no customer action is required, which suggests a service-side fix.
Workaround
- No customer workaround documented.
- Microsoft states no action is needed for this CVE.
Exploitation
- No exploitation confirmed by Microsoft.
- CISA SSVC assessment: Exploitation none, Automatable yes, Technical Impact total.
- The MSRC vector includes temporal metric E:P (Proof of Concept), which is unresolved: it may indicate a public PoC or a precautionary setting.
- No public PoC or researcher write-up was found.
Our recommendation
- Check the MSRC product table to confirm the affected services.
- If you use only the Microsoft-hosted Azure DevOps service, no action is required per the vendor.
- Inventory self-hosted agents and on-premises Azure DevOps Server instances, if any.
- Review pipeline definitions for untrusted input passed to shell tasks, and rotate secrets if misuse is suspected.
- Monitor the NVD record and CISA KEV for changes.
Information from Microsoft (Patch Tuesday October 2026)
Public exploits
Links to third-party sites, not checked by us – exploit code can contain malware. Only use it in isolated test environments.
- Proof of concept on GitHub (1 repositories)
mehmet-emir-eroglu/CVE-2026-105014
Research sources
- Microsoft Security Response Center: CVE-2026-105014 msrc.microsoft.com
- VulDB: CVE-2026-105014 vuldb.com
- Strix: CVE-2026-105014 www.strix.ai
- OffSeq Radar: CVE-2026-105014 radar.offseq.com
- Helix ML Threat Watch: Azure Pipelines command injection helix.ml
- CVE Threat Intelligence: CVE-2026-105014 cve.threatint.com
Researched and written up in English and German by an AI (Claude by Anthropic) based on NVD, CISA, EPSS and the sources listed. The vendor information is authoritative. Researched on 31 Oct 2026, 05:30.
Original description (NVD)
Improper neutralization of special elements used in a command ('command injection') in Azure Pipelines allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
NVD references (1)
Sources
The tracker combines official, freely usable data sources – updated continuously:
- NVD (NIST) – CVEs, rating (CVSS), affected products
- CISA KEV – vulnerabilities confirmed by CISA as actively exploited
- CISA Vulnrichment – CISA assessment (SSVC) in the official CVE record
- FIRST EPSS – probability of exploitation
- Microsoft MSRC – Patch Tuesday: vulnerabilities, severity, updates
- PoC-in-GitHub – public proof-of-concept repositories
- Metasploit (Rapid7) – modules of the Metasploit Framework
- Exploit-DB (OffSec) – archive of public exploits (links only)
- Patch days: official vendor pages (linked per vendor) (Vendor patch days)
This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS data © FIRST.org.
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