412 – Lack of protection against deletion - Azure Key Vault
Description
Some Azure Key Vaults instances do not enable properties that allow secrets to be recovered in the event of accidental deletion or by malicious actors.
Impact
Delete sensitive secrets by accident with no chance of recovery
Recommendation
Enable the properties EnableSoftDelete and EnablePurgeProtection in every Azure Key Vault (AKV) instance.
Threat
Authenticated attacker from the Internet with write permissions in the vault
Expected Remediation Time
Score 4.0
Default score using CVSS 4.0. It may change depending on the context of the src.
Base 4.0
- Attack vector: N
- Attack complexity: L
- Attack Requirements: N
- Privileges required: H
- User interaction: N
- Confidentiality (VC): N
- Integrity (VI): N
- Availability (VA): H
- Confidentiality (SC): N
- Integrity (SI): N
- Availability (SA): N
Threat 4.0
- Exploit maturity: P