diff --git a/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/auth/identity.py b/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/auth/identity.py
index 91629e89441..fcce8808b58 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/auth/identity.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/auth/identity.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import sys
 
 from azure.cli.core._environment import get_config_dir
+from azure.cli.core.util import wsl_browser_open
 from knack.log import get_logger
 from knack.util import CLIError
 from msal import PublicClientApplication, ConfidentialClientApplication
@@ -163,12 +164,13 @@ def _prompt_launching_ui(ui=None, **_):
 
         # For AAD, use port 0 to let the system choose arbitrary unused ephemeral port to avoid port collision
         # on port 8400 from the old design. However, ADFS only allows port 8400.
-        result = self._msal_app.acquire_token_interactive(
-            scopes, prompt='select_account', port=8400 if self._is_adfs else None,
-            success_template=success_template, error_template=error_template,
-            parent_window_handle=self._msal_app.CONSOLE_WINDOW_HANDLE, on_before_launching_ui=_prompt_launching_ui,
-            enable_msa_passthrough=True,
-            claims_challenge=claims_challenge)
+        with wsl_browser_open():
+            result = self._msal_app.acquire_token_interactive(
+                scopes, prompt='select_account', port=8400 if self._is_adfs else None,
+                success_template=success_template, error_template=error_template,
+                parent_window_handle=self._msal_app.CONSOLE_WINDOW_HANDLE, on_before_launching_ui=_prompt_launching_ui,
+                enable_msa_passthrough=True,
+                claims_challenge=claims_challenge)
         return check_result(result)
 
     def login_with_device_code(self, scopes, claims_challenge=None):
diff --git a/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/auth/tests/test_identity.py b/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/auth/tests/test_identity.py
index 993039faca3..11db78bb606 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/auth/tests/test_identity.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/auth/tests/test_identity.py
@@ -45,6 +45,24 @@
 
 class TestIdentity(unittest.TestCase):
 
+    @mock.patch("azure.cli.core.auth.identity.check_result", return_value={"username": "user1"})
+    @mock.patch("azure.cli.core.auth.util.read_response_templates", return_value=("success", "error"))
+    @mock.patch("azure.cli.core.auth.identity.wsl_browser_open")
+    def test_login_with_auth_code_uses_wsl_browser_open(self, wsl_browser_open_mock, _, check_result_mock):
+        identity = Identity.__new__(Identity)
+        identity._is_adfs = False
+        msal_app_mock = mock.MagicMock()
+        msal_app_mock.CONSOLE_WINDOW_HANDLE = "console"
+        msal_app_mock.acquire_token_interactive.return_value = {"access_token": "token"}
+
+        with mock.patch.object(Identity, "_msal_app", new_callable=mock.PropertyMock, return_value=msal_app_mock):
+            result = identity.login_with_auth_code(["scope"])
+
+        self.assertEqual(result, {"username": "user1"})
+        wsl_browser_open_mock.assert_called_once()
+        msal_app_mock.acquire_token_interactive.assert_called_once()
+        check_result_mock.assert_called_once_with({"access_token": "token"})
+
     @mock.patch("azure.cli.core.auth.identity.ServicePrincipalStore.save_entry")
     @mock.patch("msal.application.ConfidentialClientApplication.acquire_token_for_client")
     @mock.patch("msal.application.ConfidentialClientApplication.__init__", return_value=None)
diff --git a/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/tests/test_util.py b/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/tests/test_util.py
index 47bce9832fa..e52aed1f762 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/tests/test_util.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/tests/test_util.py
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
     (get_file_json, truncate_text, shell_safe_json_parse, b64_to_hex, hash_string, random_string,
      open_page_in_browser, can_launch_browser, handle_exception, ConfiguredDefaultSetter, send_raw_request,
      should_disable_connection_verify, parse_proxy_resource_id, get_az_user_agent, get_az_rest_user_agent,
-    _get_parent_proc_name, is_wsl, run_cmd, run_az_cmd, roughly_parse_command, is_same_origin)
+     _get_parent_proc_name, is_wsl, run_cmd, run_az_cmd, roughly_parse_command, is_same_origin,
+     _is_wsl_interop_enabled, _open_url_in_wsl_browser, wsl_browser_open)
 from azure.cli.core.mock import DummyCli
 
 
@@ -179,8 +180,9 @@ def test_open_page_in_browser(self, subprocess_open_mock, webbrowser_open_mock):
 
     @mock.patch('shutil.which', autospec=True)
     @mock.patch('azure.cli.core.util._get_platform_info', autospec=True)
+    @mock.patch('azure.cli.core.util._is_wsl_interop_enabled', autospec=True, return_value=True)
     @mock.patch('webbrowser.get', autospec=True)
-    def test_can_launch_browser(self, webbrowser_get_mock, get_platform_mock, which_mock):
+    def test_can_launch_browser(self, webbrowser_get_mock, wsl_interop_mock, get_platform_mock, which_mock):
         import webbrowser
 
         # Windows is always fine
@@ -207,6 +209,7 @@ def test_can_launch_browser(self, webbrowser_get_mock, get_platform_mock, which_
         get_platform_mock.return_value = ('linux', '5.10.16.3-microsoft-standard-WSL2')
         browser_mock = mock.MagicMock()
         browser_mock.name = 'www-browser'
+        webbrowser_get_mock.side_effect = None
         webbrowser_get_mock.return_value = browser_mock
         assert can_launch_browser()
 
@@ -222,6 +225,51 @@ def test_can_launch_browser(self, webbrowser_get_mock, get_platform_mock, which_
         webbrowser_get_mock.side_effect = webbrowser.Error
         which_mock.return_value = False
         assert not can_launch_browser()
+        self.assertTrue(wsl_interop_mock.called)
+
+    @mock.patch('azure.cli.core.util._get_platform_info', autospec=True,
+                return_value=('linux', '5.10.16.3-microsoft-standard-WSL2'))
+    @mock.patch('os.listdir', autospec=True, return_value=['status', 'WSLInterop-late'])
+    def test_is_wsl_interop_enabled_with_late_entry(self, listdir_mock, _):
+        m = mock.mock_open(read_data='enabled\ninterpreter /init\n')
+        with mock.patch('builtins.open', m):
+            assert _is_wsl_interop_enabled()
+
+        listdir_mock.assert_called_once_with('/proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc')
+        m.assert_called_once_with('/proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/WSLInterop-late', 'r')
+
+    @mock.patch('azure.cli.core.util._open_url_in_wsl_browser', autospec=True, return_value=True)
+    @mock.patch('azure.cli.core.util._is_wsl_interop_enabled', autospec=True, return_value=True)
+    @mock.patch('azure.cli.core.util._get_platform_info', autospec=True,
+                return_value=('linux', '5.10.16.3-microsoft-standard-WSL2'))
+    def test_wsl_browser_open_uses_wsl_browser(self, _, wsl_interop_mock, open_url_mock):
+        import webbrowser
+
+        original_open = webbrowser.open
+        with wsl_browser_open():
+            assert webbrowser.open('https://login.example.com')
+
+        open_url_mock.assert_called_once_with('https://login.example.com')
+        wsl_interop_mock.assert_called()
+        self.assertEqual(webbrowser.open, original_open)
+
+    @mock.patch('subprocess.call', autospec=True)
+    @mock.patch('azure.cli.core.util._is_wsl_interop_enabled', autospec=True, return_value=True)
+    def test_open_url_in_wsl_browser_rejects_non_http_url(self, _, subprocess_call_mock):
+        assert not _open_url_in_wsl_browser('/C:/Windows/System32/calc.exe')
+        assert not _open_url_in_wsl_browser('https:')
+        subprocess_call_mock.assert_not_called()
+
+    @mock.patch('subprocess.call', autospec=True, return_value=0)
+    @mock.patch('azure.cli.core.util._is_wsl_interop_enabled', autospec=True, return_value=True)
+    def test_open_url_in_wsl_browser_passes_url_by_env(self, _, subprocess_call_mock):
+        url = 'https://login.example.com/path?x=1&y=2'
+
+        assert _open_url_in_wsl_browser(url)
+
+        cmd = subprocess_call_mock.call_args.args[0]
+        self.assertNotIn(url, cmd)
+        self.assertEqual(subprocess_call_mock.call_args.kwargs['env']['AZURE_CLI_WSL_BROWSER_URL'], url)
 
     def test_configured_default_setter(self):
         config = mock.MagicMock()
diff --git a/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/util.py b/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/util.py
index 67c7650f5fa..a820206f05c 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/util.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/util.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import platform
 import re
 import sys
+import threading
 
 from knack.log import get_logger
 from knack.util import CLIError, to_snake_case, to_camel_case
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@
 
 CLI_PACKAGE_NAME = 'azure-cli'
 COMPONENT_PREFIX = 'azure-cli-'
+_WSL_BROWSER_OPEN_LOCK = threading.RLock()
 
 SSLERROR_TEMPLATE = ('Certificate verification failed. This typically happens when using Azure CLI behind a proxy '
                      'that intercepts traffic with a self-signed certificate. '
@@ -799,14 +801,8 @@ def open_page_in_browser(url):
     platform_name, _ = _get_platform_info()
 
     if is_wsl():   # windows 10 linux subsystem
-        try:
-            # https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_powershell_exe
-            # Ampersand (&) should be quoted
-            safe_url = url.replace("'", "''")
-            return subprocess.Popen(
-                ['powershell.exe', '-NoProfile', '-Command', f"Start-Process '{safe_url}'"]).wait()
-        except OSError:  # WSL might be too old  # FileNotFoundError introduced in Python 3
-            pass
+        if _open_url_in_wsl_browser(url):
+            return True
     elif platform_name == 'darwin':
         # handle 2 things:
         # a. On OSX sierra, 'python -m webbrowser -t <url>' emits out "execution error: <url> doesn't
@@ -833,6 +829,104 @@ def is_wsl():
     return platform_name == 'linux' and 'microsoft' in release
 
 
+def _is_wsl_interop_enabled():
+    if not is_wsl():
+        return False
+
+    try:
+        binfmt_entries = os.listdir('/proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc')
+    except OSError:
+        return bool(os.environ.get('WSL_INTEROP'))
+
+    for entry in binfmt_entries:
+        if not entry.startswith('WSLInterop'):
+            continue
+        try:
+            with open(os.path.join('/proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc', entry), 'r') as f:
+                if f.readline().strip() == 'enabled':
+                    return True
+        except OSError:
+            continue
+
+    return bool(os.environ.get('WSL_INTEROP'))
+
+
+def _get_wsl_browser_commands():
+    return [
+        (['/mnt/c/Windows/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0/powershell.exe',
+          '-NoProfile', '-Command', 'Start-Process $env:AZURE_CLI_WSL_BROWSER_URL'], (0,)),
+        (['powershell.exe', '-NoProfile', '-Command', 'Start-Process $env:AZURE_CLI_WSL_BROWSER_URL'], (0,))
+    ]
+
+
+def _is_safe_browser_url(url):
+    from urllib.parse import urlparse
+
+    if not isinstance(url, str):
+        return False
+
+    parsed_url = urlparse(url)
+    return (parsed_url.scheme in ('http', 'https') and bool(parsed_url.netloc) and
+            not any(ord(c) < 32 or ord(c) == 127 for c in url))
+
+
+def _open_url_in_wsl_browser(url):
+    if not _is_safe_browser_url(url) or not _is_wsl_interop_enabled():
+        return False
+
+    import subprocess
+    env = os.environ.copy()
+    env['AZURE_CLI_WSL_BROWSER_URL'] = url
+    for cmd, success_codes in _get_wsl_browser_commands():
+        try:
+            exit_code = subprocess.call(cmd, stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL, env=env)
+            if exit_code in success_codes:
+                # Start-Process returns after handing off the URL to Windows.
+                return True
+        except OSError:
+            continue
+    return False
+
+
+class _WslBrowserOpen:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self._original_open = None
+        self._patch_applied = False
+        self._lock_acquired = False
+
+    def __enter__(self):
+        self._original_open = None
+        self._patch_applied = False
+        self._lock_acquired = False
+        if not _is_wsl_interop_enabled():
+            return self
+
+        _WSL_BROWSER_OPEN_LOCK.acquire()
+        self._lock_acquired = True
+
+        import webbrowser
+        self._original_open = webbrowser.open
+
+        def _open(url, *args, **kwargs):
+            with _WSL_BROWSER_OPEN_LOCK:
+                return _open_url_in_wsl_browser(url) or self._original_open(url, *args, **kwargs)
+
+        webbrowser.open = _open
+        self._patch_applied = True
+        return self
+
+    def __exit__(self, *args):
+        if self._patch_applied:
+            import webbrowser
+            webbrowser.open = self._original_open
+        if self._lock_acquired:
+            _WSL_BROWSER_OPEN_LOCK.release()
+
+
+def wsl_browser_open():
+    return _WslBrowserOpen()
+
+
 def is_windows():
     platform_name, _ = _get_platform_info()
     return platform_name == 'windows'
@@ -863,7 +957,9 @@ def can_launch_browser():
         # Docker container running on WSL 2 also shows WSL, but it can't launch a browser.
         # If powershell.exe is on PATH, it can be called to launch a browser.
         import shutil
-        if shutil.which("powershell.exe"):
+        if _is_wsl_interop_enabled() and (
+                shutil.which("powershell.exe") or
+                os.path.exists('/mnt/c/Windows/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0/powershell.exe')):
             return True
 
     return False