services / Azure / Storage account local users (SFTP)

A local user identity configured on an Azure Storage account for SFTP/blob access, with its own credentials (password / SSH keys / shared key) and permission scopes.

Grants data-plane access to blob/file data of a single storage account; a credentialed identity scoped to one organizational function.

Microsoft.​Storage/​storageAccounts/​localUsers/​delete

Deletes a local SFTP user, destroying the identity and denying the legitimate principal's data-plane access to the storage account.

Risks

1. Account destruction (CRITICAL)
2. Denial-of-access (EVASION)

Scope: HIGH

This privilege may grant access to sensitive data from a single organizational function, or allow interruption of a service supporting a single organizational function.

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