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109.122.254.169

Sensor
hp-use-01
Source
cowrie
Status
triaged
Event time
Received

Verdict

S4successful_intrusionConfidence 98%Escalate: yes

Reasoning

The session shows a confirmed successful SSH login using username/password values that appear to be IP addresses, indicating automated credential abuse. Per rubric, any successful login constitutes a foothold even though no post-login commands, downloads, or uploads were observed. With no malware delivery or persistence activity, the best fit is successful_intrusion at severity 4.

Recommended action

Block or monitor the source IP, review similar successful-login sessions for follow-on activity, and verify the honeypot is isolated and logging complete session telemetry.

Routing

Primary model
gpt-4o-mini
Final model
gpt-5.4
Escalated to strong model
yes
Prompt version
triage-v4
Input tokens
4,715
Output tokens
274
Cost
$0.006091
Latency
5,550 ms
Verdict at
2026-10-01 10:54:11Z

Tool trace

  1. 0. get_session_commands· 0 ms

    Arguments
    {
  "session_id": "2268c2bd533c"
}
    Result
    {
  "commands": [],
  "downloads": [],
  "session_id": "2268c2bd533c",
  "command_count": 0,
  "download_count": 0,
  "clipped_commands": 0,
  "commands_truncated": false,
  "downloads_truncated": false
}
Raw session JSON
{
  "events": [
    {
      "url": null,
      "uuid": "28d6f35e-aed5-11f1-a29a-0242ac120002",
      "input": null,
      "dst_ip": "172.18.0.2",
      "sensor": "hp-use-01",
      "shasum": null,
      "src_ip": "109.122.254.169",
      "eventid": "cowrie.session.connect",
      "message": "New connection: 109.122.254.169:35590 (172.18.0.2:2222) [session: 2268c2bd533c]",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "2268c2bd533c",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 35590,
      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-10-01T10:54:08.360095Z",
      "duration_ms": null
    },
    {
      "url": null,
      "uuid": "28d6f35e-aed5-11f1-a29a-0242ac120002",
      "input": null,
      "dst_ip": "172.18.0.2",
      "sensor": "hp-use-01",
      "shasum": null,
      "src_ip": "109.122.254.169",
      "eventid": "cowrie.client.version",
      "message": "Remote SSH version: SSH-2.0-libssh2_1.4.3",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "2268c2bd533c",
      "version": "SSH-2.0-libssh2_1.4.3",
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 35590,
      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-10-01T10:54:08.360409Z",
      "duration_ms": null
    },
    {
      "url": null,
      "uuid": "28d6f35e-aed5-11f1-a29a-0242ac120002",
      "encCS": [
        "aes128-ctr",
        "aes192-ctr",
        "aes256-ctr",
        "aes256-cbc",
        "rijndael-cbc@lysator.liu.se",
        "aes192-cbc",
        "aes128-cbc",
        "blowfish-cbc",
        "arcfour128",
        "arcfour",
        "cast128-cbc",
        "3des-cbc"
      ],
      "hassh": "92674389fa1e47a27ddd8d9b63ecd42b",
      "input": null,
      "macCS": [
        "hmac-sha1",
        "hmac-sha1-96",
        "hmac-md5",
        "hmac-md5-96",
        "hmac-ripemd160",
        "hmac-ripemd160@openssh.com"
      ],
      "compCS": [
        "none"
      ],
      "dst_ip": "172.18.0.2",
      "langCS": [
        ""
      ],
      "sensor": "hp-use-01",
      "shasum": null,
      "src_ip": "109.122.254.169",
      "eventid": "cowrie.client.kex",
      "kexAlgs": [
        "diffie-hellman-group14-sha1",
        "diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1",
        "diffie-hellman-group1-sha1"
      ],
      "keyAlgs": [
        "ssh-rsa",
        "ssh-dss"
      ],
      "message": "SSH client hassh fingerprint: 92674389fa1e47a27ddd8d9b63ecd42b",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "2268c2bd533c",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 35590,
      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-10-01T10:54:08.524756Z",
      "duration_ms": null,
      "hasshAlgorithms": "diffie-hellman-group14-sha1,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1,diffie-hellman-group1-sha1;aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr,aes256-cbc,rijndael-cbc@lysator.liu.se,aes192-cbc,aes128-cbc,blowfish-cbc,arcfour128,arcfour,cast128-cbc,3des-cbc;hmac-sha1,hmac-sha1-96,hmac-md5,hmac-md5-96,hmac-ripemd160,hmac-ripemd160@openssh.com;none"
    },
    {
      "url": null,
      "uuid": "28d6f35e-aed5-11f1-a29a-0242ac120002",
      "input": null,
      "dst_ip": "172.18.0.2",
      "sensor": "hp-use-01",
      "shasum": null,
      "src_ip": "109.122.254.169",
      "eventid": "cowrie.login.success",
      "message": "login attempt [54.89.235.118/54.254.117.232] succeeded",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "2268c2bd533c",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": "54.254.117.232",
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 35590,
      "username": "54.89.235.118",
      "timestamp": "2026-10-01T10:54:09.284531Z",
      "duration_ms": null
    },
    {
      "url": null,
      "uuid": "28d6f35e-aed5-11f1-a29a-0242ac120002",
      "input": null,
      "dst_ip": "172.18.0.2",
      "sensor": "hp-use-01",
      "shasum": null,
      "src_ip": "109.122.254.169",
      "eventid": "cowrie.session.closed",
      "message": "Connection lost after 1767 milliseconds",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "2268c2bd533c",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 35590,
      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-10-01T10:54:10.127125Z",
      "duration_ms": 1767
    }
  ],
  "sensor": "hp-use-01",
  "source": "cowrie",
  "src_ip": "109.122.254.169",
  "session_id": "2268c2bd533c"
}