Cowrie up to 2.8.x Outbound Requests server-side request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Cowrie up to 2.8.x. Affected is an unknown function of the component Outbound Requests Handler. The manipulation leads to server-side request forgery. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2025-34469. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cowrie up to 2.8.x and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Outbound Requests Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a server-side request forgery vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-918. The web server receives a URL or similar request from an upstream component and retrieves the contents of this URL, but it does not sufficiently ensure that the request is being sent to the expected destination. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was published by Abraham Gebrehiwot and Filippo Lauria. The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-34469 since 04/15/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 2.9.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-204642). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Server-side request forgery
CWE: CWE-918
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Cowrie 2.9.0

Timelineinfo

04/15/2025 CVE reserved
12/31/2025 +260 days Advisory disclosed
12/31/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
01/14/2026 +14 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: github.com
Researcher: Abraham Gebrehiwot, Filippo Lauria
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-34469 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-34469
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-339305
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Entryinfo

Created: 12/31/2025 22:59
Updated: 01/14/2026 04:50
Changes: 12/31/2025 22:59 (67), 12/31/2025 23:21 (1), 01/14/2026 04:50 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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