azure-instrumentation-key-exposure: Azure Instrumentation Key - Exposure

2026-01-16 Azure PoC Public

Description

Detected exposed Azure Application Insights Instrumentation Keys (classic ikey format) in HTTP responses, which allowed anyone to send telemetry data and, in some older configurations, could enable read access via undocumented or legacy APIs.

PoC

id: azure-instrumentation-key-exposure

info:
  name: Azure Instrumentation Key - Exposure
  author: pussycat0x
  severity: medium
  description: |
    Detected exposed Azure Application Insights Instrumentation Keys (classic ikey format) in HTTP responses, which allowed anyone to send telemetry data and, in some older configurations, could enable read access via undocumented or legacy APIs.
  reference:
    - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/app/connection-strings
    - http://www.medic-consulting.com/2016/07/10/Share-Asp-Net-Core-appsettings-json-with-Service-Fabric-Microservices/
  metadata:
    max-request: 2
    verified: true
  tags: exposure,azure,instrumentation,appinsights,token,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}"
      - "{{BaseURL}}/appsettings.json"

    stop-at-first-match: true
    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - 'InstrumentationKey'
          - 'instrumentationKey'
          - 'APPINSIGHTS_INSTRUMENTATIONKEY'
          - '<InstrumentationKey>'
        condition: or

      - type: regex
        part: body
        regex:
          - 'instrumentationKey:"([0-9a-z-]+)"'
          - '<InstrumentationKey>(.*)</InstrumentationKey>'
          - 'APPINSIGHTS_INSTRUMENTATIONKEY=([a-z0-9-]+)'
          - 'InstrumentationKey": "([0-9a-z-]+)"'
        condition: or

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

    extractors:
      - type: regex
        part: body
        group: 1
        regex:
          - 'instrumentationKey:"([0-9a-z-]+)"'
          - '<InstrumentationKey>(.*)</InstrumentationKey>'
          - 'APPINSIGHTS_INSTRUMENTATIONKEY=([a-z0-9-]+)'
          - 'InstrumentationKey": "([0-9a-z-]+)"'
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100f670f50e16fabf3a4d8ebf3a66d42b54d00b8763f2e827bc485e2f181ae84ab0022100b13982a898fd4e5ca37f6afdc93a4ac87f7bfdf0a7fc90b67f759815060aca48:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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