Cowrie versions prior to 2.9.0 contain a server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in the emulated shell implementation of wget and curl. In the default emulated shell configuration, these command emulations perform real outbound HTTP requests to attacker-supplied destinations. Because no outbound request rate limiting was enforced, unauthenticated remote attackers could repeatedly invoke these commands to generate unbounded HTTP traffic toward arbitrary third-party targets, allowing the Cowrie honeypot to be abused as a denial-of-service amplification node and masking the attacker’s true source address behind the honeypot’s IP.
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GHSA-83jg-m2pm-4jxj | Cowrie has a SSRF vulnerability in wget/curl emulation enabling DDoS amplification |
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Wed, 31 Dec 2025 21:45:00 +0000
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| Description | Cowrie versions prior to 2.9.0 contain a server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in the emulated shell implementation of wget and curl. In the default emulated shell configuration, these command emulations perform real outbound HTTP requests to attacker-supplied destinations. Because no outbound request rate limiting was enforced, unauthenticated remote attackers could repeatedly invoke these commands to generate unbounded HTTP traffic toward arbitrary third-party targets, allowing the Cowrie honeypot to be abused as a denial-of-service amplification node and masking the attacker’s true source address behind the honeypot’s IP. | |
| Title | Cowrie < 2.9.0 Unrestricted wget/curl Emulation Enables SSRF-Based DDoS Amplification | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-918 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published:
Updated: 2025-12-31T21:36:19.022Z
Reserved: 2025-04-15T19:15:22.607Z
Link: CVE-2025-34469
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Status : Received
Published: 2025-12-31T22:15:49.003
Modified: 2025-12-31T22:15:49.003
Link: CVE-2025-34469
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Github GHSA