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CVE-2025-34469

Cowrie Server-Side Request Forgery

Cowrie · affected before 2.9.0

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Severity
CVSS 6.9 · Medium
Confidence
High
Exploit status
Exploited in the wild
EPSS
0.7%
First observed
—
Last observed
—

Decision summary

What security teams need to know first

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What it is

CVE-2025-34469 is an unauthenticated vulnerability affecting Cowrie. 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...

Is it exploited?

Yes. Previdian tracks this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability. Confidence is high. Also confirmed by third-party sources.

Who is affected?

Cowrie affected before 2.9.0.

What should we do?

Prioritize remediation. Validate affected assets and apply vendor fixes on an accelerated timeline.

Overview

Cowrie Server-Side Request Forgery

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.

Cowrie Affected
Cowrie
Before 2.9.0
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Published
31 Dec 2025
Exploitation Reported
08 Oct 2026
Attack vector
Remote
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None

CVE References

Exploitation evidence

Why Previdian marks this CVE as exploited

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Exploited in the wild

CVE

Recorded 08 Oct 2026

A trusted third party reported exploitation.

Proof of concept available

GitHub Advisory Database

Recorded 08 Oct 2026

Public scanner or PoC coverage increases practical exploitability.

Known exploited vulnerability sources

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Source Added
CVE First 2026-10-08 15:41 UTC

Detection

Operational artifacts and observed signals

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Observed signals

Request targets
User-Agents
Callback hosts
0
0
0

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Scanner coverage

No scanner integrations recorded yet.

Virtual patch status

No Previdian virtual patch is currently available. Future rules ship for ModSecurity, Cloudflare, and AWS WAF.

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No detection artifacts or sensor request patterns are available for this CVE yet.

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Risk and context

Severity, weaknesses, and research context

CVSS v4.0

6.9 Medium

Potential damage if exploited. Separate from whether attackers are using it.

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L

EPSS

0.7%

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Previdian's warning comes from evidence, not this score.

Weaknesses

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) CWE-918

All CVSS Scores

CVSS v4.0 6.9 Medium

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L

CVSS v3.1 7.5 High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Potential Proof of Concepts

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Cowrie has a SSRF vulnerability in wget/curl emulation enabling DDoS amplification

ghsa · Created Unknown · AI assessment 90%

Cowrie has a SSRF vulnerability in wget/curl emulation enabling DDoS amplification

Timeline

From disclosure to observed exploitation

  1. 15:41 UTC

    Public PoC available

    Public proof-of-concept code published

  2. 15:41 UTC

    Added to Previdian KEV Feed

    High-confidence, third-party attested exploitation

  3. 21:36 UTC

    CVE published

    Vulnerability disclosed publicly

  4. 19:15 UTC

    CVE ID reserved

    Identifier reserved by the CNA

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  "confidence": "High",
  "cvss_score": 6.9,
  "cvss_estimated": false,
  "epss_score": 0.00675,
  "exploit_status": {
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