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123.131.17.131

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

Verdict

S4successful_intrusionConfidence 98%Escalate: yes

Reasoning

The session shows a successful SSH login using root/linux, which constitutes a foothold on the honeypot. Per rubric, any successful login is at least severity 4 and falls under successful_intrusion unless there is evidence of malware delivery or persistence. Retrieved session commands show no post-login commands, downloads, or uploads, so there is no basis to raise severity to 5 or change category.

Recommended action

Escalate as a confirmed successful intrusion; review source IP for blocking/watchlisting and correlate with other successful logins using the same credentials or source.

Routing

Primary model
gpt-4o-mini
Final model
gpt-5.4
Escalated to strong model
yes
Prompt version
triage-v4
Input tokens
4,658
Output tokens
258
Cost
$0.006178
Latency
4,747 ms
Verdict at
2026-10-18 02:51:11Z

Tool trace

  1. 0. get_session_commands· 0 ms

    Arguments
    {
  "session_id": "3f40f7f6d5fb"
}
    Result
    {
  "commands": [],
  "downloads": [],
  "session_id": "3f40f7f6d5fb",
  "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": "123.131.17.131",
      "eventid": "cowrie.session.connect",
      "message": "New connection: 123.131.17.131:38602 (172.18.0.2:2222) [session: 3f40f7f6d5fb]",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "3f40f7f6d5fb",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 38602,
      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-10-18T02:51:06.506181Z",
      "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": "123.131.17.131",
      "eventid": "cowrie.client.version",
      "message": "Remote SSH version: SSH-2.0-Go",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "3f40f7f6d5fb",
      "version": "SSH-2.0-Go",
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 38602,
      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-10-18T02:51:07.542793Z",
      "duration_ms": null
    },
    {
      "url": null,
      "uuid": "28d6f35e-aed5-11f1-a29a-0242ac120002",
      "encCS": [
        "aes128-gcm@openssh.com",
        "chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com",
        "aes128-ctr",
        "aes192-ctr",
        "aes256-ctr"
      ],
      "hassh": "98ddc5604ef6a1006a2b49a58759fbe6",
      "input": null,
      "macCS": [
        "hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com",
        "hmac-sha2-256",
        "hmac-sha1",
        "hmac-sha1-96"
      ],
      "compCS": [
        "none"
      ],
      "dst_ip": "172.18.0.2",
      "langCS": [
        ""
      ],
      "sensor": "hp-use-01",
      "shasum": null,
      "src_ip": "123.131.17.131",
      "eventid": "cowrie.client.kex",
      "kexAlgs": [
        "curve25519-sha256@libssh.org",
        "ecdh-sha2-nistp256",
        "ecdh-sha2-nistp384",
        "ecdh-sha2-nistp521",
        "diffie-hellman-group14-sha1"
      ],
      "keyAlgs": [
        "rsa-sha2-512-cert-v01@openssh.com",
        "rsa-sha2-256-cert-v01@openssh.com",
        "ssh-rsa-cert-v01@openssh.com",
        "ssh-dss-cert-v01@openssh.com",
        "ecdsa-sha2-nistp256-cert-v01@openssh.com",
        "ecdsa-sha2-nistp384-cert-v01@openssh.com",
        "ecdsa-sha2-nistp521-cert-v01@openssh.com",
        "ssh-ed25519-cert-v01@openssh.com",
        "ecdsa-sha2-nistp256",
        "ecdsa-sha2-nistp384",
        "ecdsa-sha2-nistp521",
        "rsa-sha2-512",
        "rsa-sha2-256",
        "ssh-rsa",
        "ssh-dss",
        "ssh-ed25519"
      ],
      "message": "SSH client hassh fingerprint: 98ddc5604ef6a1006a2b49a58759fbe6",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "3f40f7f6d5fb",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 38602,
      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-10-18T02:51:07.543217Z",
      "duration_ms": null,
      "hasshAlgorithms": "curve25519-sha256@libssh.org,ecdh-sha2-nistp256,ecdh-sha2-nistp384,ecdh-sha2-nistp521,diffie-hellman-group14-sha1;aes128-gcm@openssh.com,chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com,aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr;hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha1,hmac-sha1-96;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": "123.131.17.131",
      "eventid": "cowrie.login.success",
      "message": "login attempt [root/linux] succeeded",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "3f40f7f6d5fb",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": "linux",
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 38602,
      "username": "root",
      "timestamp": "2026-10-18T02:51:09.081366Z",
      "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": "123.131.17.131",
      "eventid": "cowrie.session.closed",
      "message": "Connection lost after 4586 milliseconds",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "3f40f7f6d5fb",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 38602,
      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-10-18T02:51:11.092424Z",
      "duration_ms": 4586
    }
  ],
  "sensor": "hp-use-01",
  "source": "cowrie",
  "src_ip": "123.131.17.131",
  "session_id": "3f40f7f6d5fb"
}