EntraGoat - A Deliberately Vulnerable Entra ID Environment

Presented at DEF CON 33 (2025), Aug. 9, 2025, noon (45 minutes).

EntraGoat is a deliberately vulnerable environment designed to simulate real-world security misconfigurations and attack scenarios in Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory). Security professionals, researchers, and red teamers can leverage EntraGoat to gain hands-on experience identifying and exploiting identity and access management vulnerabilities, privilege escalation paths, and other security flaws specific to cloud-based Entra ID environments. EntraGoat is tailored specifically to help security practitioners understand and mitigate the risks associated with cloud identity infrastructures. The project provides a CTF-style learning experience, covering a range of misconfigurations, insecure policies, token abuses, and attack paths commonly exploited in real-world Entra ID breaches. By using EntraGoat, security teams can enhance their skills in Entra ID security, validate detection and response capabilities, and develop effective hardening strategies.

Presenters:

  • Tomer Nahum - Security Researcher at Semperis
    Tomer is a security researcher at Semperis, where he works to find new attacks and how to defend against them in on-prem identity stacks such as Active Directory, as well as cloud identity systems. He was awarded Most Valuable Researcher (MVR) in 2023 by Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC).
  • Jonathan Elkabas
    Jonathan is a security researcher at Semperis, specializing in Entra ID and Active Directory security. With expertise in identity-based threats, he focuses on analyzing attack techniques, developing detection strategies, and enhancing defenses against evolving cyber threats. He actively contributes to the security community through research, threat intelligence sharing, and speaking engagements.

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