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208.104.31.154

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 to the honeypot using root/password123. Per rubric, any successful login is at least a foothold and maps to successful_intrusion unless there is evidence of malware delivery or persistence. Command retrieval shows no post-login commands, downloads, or uploads, so there is no evidence to raise severity to 5.

Recommended action

Escalate as a confirmed successful honeypot login; retain session artifacts, block or monitor the source IP as appropriate, and watch for related attempts against other sensors.

Routing

Primary model
gpt-4o-mini
Final model
gpt-5.4
Escalated to strong model
yes
Prompt version
triage-v4
Input tokens
4,662
Output tokens
269
Cost
$0.006113
Latency
4,498 ms
Verdict at
2026-09-12 18:49:03Z
  1. 0. get_session_commands · 0 ms

    Arguments
    {
      "session_id": "3f735bb0ba9f"
    }
    Result
    {
      "commands": [],
      "downloads": [],
      "session_id": "3f735bb0ba9f",
      "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": "208.104.31.154",
      "eventid": "cowrie.session.connect",
      "message": "New connection: 208.104.31.154:59658 (172.18.0.2:2222) [session: 3f735bb0ba9f]",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "3f735bb0ba9f",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 59658,
      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-09-12T18:14:18.535716Z",
      "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": "208.104.31.154",
      "eventid": "cowrie.client.version",
      "message": "Remote SSH version: SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_9.7",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "3f735bb0ba9f",
      "version": "SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_9.7",
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 59658,
      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-09-12T18:14:18.536062Z",
      "duration_ms": null
    },
    {
      "url": null,
      "uuid": "28d6f35e-aed5-11f1-a29a-0242ac120002",
      "encCS": [
        "chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com",
        "aes128-ctr",
        "aes192-ctr",
        "aes256-ctr",
        "aes128-gcm@openssh.com",
        "aes256-gcm@openssh.com"
      ],
      "hassh": "aae6b9604f6f3356543709a376d7f657",
      "input": null,
      "macCS": [
        "umac-64-etm@openssh.com",
        "umac-128-etm@openssh.com",
        "hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com",
        "hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com",
        "hmac-sha1-etm@openssh.com",
        "umac-64@openssh.com",
        "umac-128@openssh.com",
        "hmac-sha2-256",
        "hmac-sha2-512",
        "hmac-sha1"
      ],
      "compCS": [
        "none",
        "zlib@openssh.com",
        "zlib"
      ],
      "dst_ip": "172.18.0.2",
      "langCS": [
        ""
      ],
      "sensor": "hp-use-01",
      "shasum": null,
      "src_ip": "208.104.31.154",
      "eventid": "cowrie.client.kex",
      "kexAlgs": [
        "sntrup761x25519-sha512@openssh.com",
        "curve25519-sha256",
        "curve25519-sha256@libssh.org",
        "ecdh-sha2-nistp256",
        "ecdh-sha2-nistp384",
        "ecdh-sha2-nistp521",
        "diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256",
        "diffie-hellman-group16-sha512",
        "diffie-hellman-group18-sha512",
        "diffie-hellman-group14-sha256",
        "ext-info-c",
        "kex-strict-c-v00@openssh.com"
      ],
      "keyAlgs": [
        "ssh-ed25519-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",
        "sk-ssh-ed25519-cert-v01@openssh.com",
        "sk-ecdsa-sha2-nistp256-cert-v01@openssh.com",
        "rsa-sha2-512-cert-v01@openssh.com",
        "rsa-sha2-256-cert-v01@openssh.com",
        "ssh-ed25519",
        "ecdsa-sha2-nistp256",
        "ecdsa-sha2-nistp384",
        "ecdsa-sha2-nistp521",
        "sk-ssh-ed25519@openssh.com",
        "sk-ecdsa-sha2-nistp256@openssh.com",
        "rsa-sha2-512",
        "rsa-sha2-256"
      ],
      "message": "SSH client hassh fingerprint: aae6b9604f6f3356543709a376d7f657",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "3f735bb0ba9f",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 59658,
      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-09-12T18:14:18.563478Z",
      "duration_ms": null,
      "hasshAlgorithms": "sntrup761x25519-sha512@openssh.com,curve25519-sha256,curve25519-sha256@libssh.org,ecdh-sha2-nistp256,ecdh-sha2-nistp384,ecdh-sha2-nistp521,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256,diffie-hellman-group16-sha512,diffie-hellman-group18-sha512,diffie-hellman-group14-sha256,ext-info-c,kex-strict-c-v00@openssh.com;chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com,aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr,aes128-gcm@openssh.com,aes256-gcm@openssh.com;umac-64-etm@openssh.com,umac-128-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha1-etm@openssh.com,umac-64@openssh.com,umac-128@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha2-512,hmac-sha1;none,zlib@openssh.com,zlib"
    },
    {
      "url": null,
      "uuid": "28d6f35e-aed5-11f1-a29a-0242ac120002",
      "input": null,
      "dst_ip": "172.18.0.2",
      "sensor": "hp-use-01",
      "shasum": null,
      "src_ip": "208.104.31.154",
      "eventid": "cowrie.login.success",
      "message": "login attempt [root/password123] succeeded",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "3f735bb0ba9f",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": "password123",
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 59658,
      "username": "root",
      "timestamp": "2026-09-12T18:14:18.748509Z",
      "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": "208.104.31.154",
      "eventid": "cowrie.session.closed",
      "message": "Connection lost after 266 milliseconds",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "3f735bb0ba9f",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 59658,
      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-09-12T18:14:18.802158Z",
      "duration_ms": 266
    }
  ],
  "sensor": "hp-use-01",
  "source": "cowrie",
  "src_ip": "208.104.31.154",
  "session_id": "3f735bb0ba9f"
}