Disclosure summary
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.
Source-reported weakness categories
CWE-918
Source-specific records & product guidance
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NIST National Vulnerability Database · NVD-CVE-2025-34469
Open original source · Updated Oct 08, 2026
Only CPE matches marked vulnerable=true are indexed. AND/OR platform conditions must be checked in the original NVD record.
| Vendor | Product / association | Version / bounds |
|---|---|---|
| cowrie | cowrie | * {"versionEndExcluding":"2.9.0"} |
Original records & references
- NIST NVD record
- CVE Program record
- github.com — Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- github.com — Exploit, Issue Tracking
- github.com — Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
- github.com — Release Notes
- www.vulncheck.com — Third Party Advisory
- github.com — Exploit, Third Party Advisory
PUBLISHED 2025-12-31T17:15:49-05:00
MODIFIED 2026-10-08T12:16:52-04:00
INGESTED 2026-10-10T20:50:35-04:00