SSRF in Cowrie
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.
Vulnerability class: SSRF (Server-Side Request Forgery)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.007 (50.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 50th percentile — 50.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: -0.000
Affected products
- Cowrie — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-83jg-m2pm-4jxj (Exploit, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/cowrie/cowrie/releases/tag/v2.9.0 (release-notes, Release Notes, patch)
- github.com/cowrie/cowrie/pull/2800 (issue-tracking, Exploit, Patch, patch, Issue Tracking)
- github.com/cowrie/cowrie/issues/2622 (issue-tracking, Exploit, Issue Tracking)
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/cowrie-unrestricted-wget-curl-emulation-enables-ss… (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-34469?
- CVE-2025-34469 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cowrie, classified under Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2025-12-31.
- How severe is CVE-2025-34469?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.