Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in sliver teamserver
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-918 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Sliver is an open source cross-platform adversary emulation/red team framework, it can be used by organizations of all sizes to perform security testing. 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. The only impact that has been shown is the exposure of the server's IP address to a third party. This issue has been addressed in version 1.5.43 and all users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BishopFox | sliver | 1.5.26 to before 1.5.43 | 1.5.43 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | github.com/bishopfox/sliver (Go) | 1.5.26 to before 1.5.43 | 1.5.43 | Patch available | GHSA-fh4v-v779-4g2w |
- sliver VendorBishopFox Affected 1.5.26 to before 1.5.43 Fixed in 1.5.43 Patch available CNA
- github.com/bishopfox/sliver (Go) Vendor— Affected 1.5.26 to before 1.5.43 Fixed in 1.5.43 Patch available GHSA-fh4v-v779-4g2w
Remediation
- Fix · CNA sliver (BishopFox) Fixed in 1.5.43
- Fix · GHSA-fh4v-v779-4g2w github.com/bishopfox/sliver (Go) Fixed in 1.5.43 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-27090
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fh4v-v779-4g2w
- 2026-10-27 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
Patch 2
More BishopFox Sliver vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-17391 Sliver from v1.5.x to v1.5.39 has an improper cryptographic implementation, which allows… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2026-26522 Sliver One-Click Remote Access: Insecure CORS & Unauthenticated MCP Interface CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.9
- TI-2026-25389 Sliver Vulnerable to Authenticated OOM via Memory Exhaustion in mTLS/WireGuard Transports CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.7
- TI-2026-23367 Sliver: Authenticated Nil-Pointer Dereference in Handlers CVSS 4.0LOW 2.1
- TI-2026-20855 Sliver has a DNS C2 OTP Bypass Allows Unauthenticated Session Flooding and Denial of Service CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-20827 Website Path Traversal / Arbitrary File Read (Authenticated) in Sliver CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
- CVE-2025-27090 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-27090 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fh4v-v779-4g2w · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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