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

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

• CISA KEV Not listed.
• EPSS 0.0067, the 52nd percentile, on 15 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

1. 31 Dec 2025, 21:36 UTC Confirmed by the CVE List
2. 31 Oct 2026, 15:05 UTC First seen by agentprime
3. 31 Oct 2026, 15:05 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

• GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-83jg-m2pm-4jxj
• OSV: GHSA-83jg-m2pm-4jxj
• github.com/cowrie/cowrie/security/advisories/GHSA-83jg-m2pm-4jxj
• nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-34469
• github.com/cowrie/cowrie/issues/2622
• github.com/cowrie/cowrie/pull/2800
• github.com/advisories/GHSA-83jg-m2pm-4jxj
• github.com/cowrie/cowrie
• github.com/cowrie/cowrie/releases/tag/v2.9.0
• www.cve.org/cverecord?id=CVE-2025-34469
• www.vulncheck.com/advisories/cowrie-unrestricted-wget-curl-emulation-enables-ssrf-based-ddos-amplification

Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code.