Last updated: September 29, 2026 at 8:42 AM UTC
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Tag: cloud-security (4 articles)Clear

Cloudflare fixes Containers flaw that let one customer read another's leftover disk data

Cloudflare fixed a flaw in Cloudflare Containers that let a paying customer read data other customers' containers left behind on the same shared server. Cloudflare Sandboxes, sold for running untrusted code including AI-agent code, was affected too. Each container gets a disk built with Linux thin provisioning in 64-kilobyte blocks; when a container was deleted, its blocks returned to a shared pool set to skip wiping before reuse. A new container writing only a little into a reused block left the rest holding the previous customer's data, though the attacker could not choose whose. Accomplish reported it on September 4, and Cloudflare says no customer action is needed.

Check
No customer action is required since Cloudflare fixed it service-side, but review whether sensitive workloads ran on Cloudflare Containers or Sandboxes during the exposure window.
Affected
Workloads on Cloudflare Containers or Sandboxes could have their freed disk blocks read by a later container on the same shared host before the fix.
Fix
Rely on Cloudflare's service-side fix, and for shared-tenant platforms generally, avoid writing secrets to container disk and rotate any that may have persisted.

Truffle Security finds hundreds of leaked AWS keys still fully controlling accounts

Researchers at Truffle Security reported that after four years of collecting leaked Amazon Web Services keys, they found 768 that still grant full control over a company's cloud account, with a median age of about five years. The keys were exposed in places like public code and configuration and were never rotated, so they remain live long after the people who created them have likely forgotten them. A single valid key with broad permissions can let an attacker read data, spin up resources, and move through a cloud environment. The finding is a reminder that leaked long-lived credentials remain one of the most durable and overlooked paths into cloud accounts.

Check
Scan code, configuration, and logs for exposed AWS keys, revoke and rotate any long-lived keys you find, and move toward short-lived credentials and roles instead of static access keys.
Affected
Organizations with old, long-lived AWS access keys exposed in code or configuration and never rotated; an attacker who finds a still-valid key can gain full control of the account it belongs to.
Fix
Replace static keys with temporary credentials and roles, enforce rotation and least privilege, add automated secret scanning across repositories and history, and monitor for use of old or unexpected keys.

Azure Cosmos DB flaw exposed a master key that unlocked every customer database

Wiz Research disclosed CosmosEscape, a critical flaw chain in Microsoft's Azure Cosmos DB that could have given an attacker read and write access to every customer database on the service, including Microsoft's own. Starting from a crafted query against an attacker-controlled Gremlin database, the researchers escaped the query sandbox using .NET reflection, ran code on a shared gateway, and retrieved a platform-wide signing secret they call the Cosmos Master Key. That key let them fetch the access key for any Cosmos DB account on demand, reaching even private, network-isolated databases. Microsoft assigned CVE-2026-66803, fixed the issue across all regions, and found no evidence of abuse. Nothing needs patching by customers.

Check
No customer patching is required since Microsoft fixed this in the service, but review Cosmos DB access logs for unusual activity and consider rotating account keys as a precaution.
Affected
Azure Cosmos DB customers using the Gremlin API were at risk while the flaw was live; the exposed master key could reach any account's data across tenants, though Microsoft reports no abuse.
Fix
Treat this as a reminder that multi-tenant cloud isolation can fail: rotate Cosmos DB keys periodically, prefer short-lived credentials and network limits, and monitor database access.

Confused deputy weaknesses still expose cross-tenant access in major clouds

Researchers showed that confused deputy weaknesses persist in Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure, where a trusted service can be tricked into acting on an attacker's behalf against resources it should not reach. The pattern shows up when one service holds broad permissions and accepts instructions or identifiers from a less-trusted source without verifying who is really asking, which can enable cross-tenant access or privilege escalation. It is the same class of issue behind recent findings in enterprise agent and integration tooling, where a component with a user's permissions follows attacker-supplied input. The takeaway is architectural: identity and authorization must be checked at every trust boundary, not assumed from the calling service.

Check
Review cloud integrations and automation where one service acts for another, and confirm each checks the real caller's identity and authorization rather than trusting the upstream service.
Affected
Organizations relying on cloud services and integrations that pass identifiers or instructions between trust boundaries; a broadly permissioned service can be steered into cross-tenant access or privilege escalation.
Fix
Scope service permissions tightly, validate the originating identity at every boundary, use per-tenant isolation and unique unguessable identifiers, and monitor for a trusted service accessing resources outside its expected scope.