CVE-2025-27090 Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in sliver teamserver

Medium 6.9 Published Updated

An attacker can expose the server's IP address via unverified reverse port forwarding in the Sliver teamserver, requiring an upgrade to mitigate.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2025-27090?

CVE-2025-27090 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in BishopFox sliver, published on 19 Feb 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-918

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-27090?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/bishopfox/sliver. It affects 1 product.

PackageAffectedFixed in
github.com/bishopfox/sliver GoFrom 1.5.261.5.43
github.com/bishopfox/sliver GoFrom 1.5.261.5.43
github.com/bishopfox/sliver GoFrom 1.5.261.5.43

Products include Bishopfox Sliver.

How do I fix CVE-2025-27090?

Upgrade github.com/bishopfox/sliver to 1.5.43 or later.

Upgrade, and send outbound requests through an allow-list that blocks internal addresses. More about Server-side request forgery.

Is CVE-2025-27090 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-27090 exists.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-fh4v-v779-4g2w, GO-2025-3472.

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