CVE-2025-34469

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.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-83jg-m2pm-4jxj	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/cowrie/cowrie/issues/2622	Exploit Issue Tracking
https://github.com/cowrie/cowrie/pull/2800	Exploit Issue Tracking Patch
https://github.com/cowrie/cowrie/releases/tag/v2.9.0	Release Notes
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/cowrie-unrestricted-wget-curl-emulation-enables-ssrf-based-ddos-amplification	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-83jg-m2pm-4jxj	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:cowrie:cowrie:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-12-31 22:15

Updated : 2026-01-13 22:10

NVD link : CVE-2025-34469

Mitre link : CVE-2025-34469

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-34469

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Products Affected

cowrie

cowrie

CWE

CWE-918

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

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