CVE-2025-27093 is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.3) CWE-284 vulnerability in github.com/BishopFox/sliver. A fix is available for github.com/BishopFox/sliver — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Sliver does not restricted traffic between Wireguard clients.
Exploitation Status
Proof-of-concept exploit code exists
- CISA’s SSVC triage found public proof-of-concept exploit code for this CVE, though no confirmed active exploitation.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2025-27093.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
Where this sits among everything scored
Real-World Exposure
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Description
Summary
Sliver's custom Wireguard netstack doesn't limit traffic between Wireguard clients, this could lead to:
- Leaked/recovered keypair (from a beacon) being used to attack operators.
- Port forwardings usable from other implants.
Details
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Sliver treat operators' Wireguard config and beacon/session's Wireguard config equally, they both connect to the wireguard listener created from the CLI.
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The current netstack implementation does not filter traffic between clients. I think this piece of code handle traffic between clients, from experimental results clients can ping and connect to each other freely, and I didn't see any filtering here either:
File: server\c2\wireguard.go
246: func socketWGWriteEnvelope(connection net.Conn, envelope *sliverpb.Envelope) error {
247: data, err := proto.Marshal(envelope)
248: if err != nil {
249: wgLog.Errorf("Envelope marshaling error: %v", err)
250: return err
251: }
252: dataLengthBuf := new(bytes.Buffer)
253: binary.Write(dataLengthBuf, binary.LittleEndian, uint32(len(data)))
254: connection.Write(dataLengthBuf.Bytes())
255: connection.Write(data)
256: return nil
257: }
258:
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The docs says to use a Wireguard clients and operator wg-config to connect to the same WG listener as beacons: https://sliver.sh/docs?name=Port%20Forwarding
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If the operator uses official wireguard clients that integrates with the OS's netstack (I'm using the Windows client) then their services are accessible on the wireguard interface's IP address (for example 100.64.0.3) when the services listen on 0.0.0.0 (SSH, RDP, SMB, etc)
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The beacon's wireguard private key can be recovered through a process dump or other forensic techniques.
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When a private key is recovered, an attacker can connect to 100.64.0.1:1337 (key exchange listener) to generate new wireguard clients without the operators' knowledge, in that way achieve persistence inside the wireguard network.
PoC
Easy way:
- Create 2 operators wireguard config.
- Connect them both to the wireguard listener.
- From one machine, ping/scan/connect to the other's services like RDP (3389), SSH (22), etc.
Slightly complicated way:
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From the operator's machine, connect to the wireguard listener.
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On the attacker's machine, run a beacon.
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Dump the process
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Find the private key, public key, endpoint, etc in the dump file:
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Construct a valid Wireguard config based on the strings found. On the attacker's machine, connect to the Wireguard listener.
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Ping/scan/connect to the other's services like RDP (3389), SSH (22), etc.
Impact
The operator's machine is impacted, if their services contain a vulnerability, an attacker can exploit it and gain RCE. If not then it could be used to gather information (Hostname, SSH signature, etc).
Suggestion
- Filter traffic between clients with a default-deny policy.
- Differentiate between operators and beacons' wireguard config/client
- Only allow specific one-way traffic when the operator request to open a Wireguard port forward.
Vulnerable versions
All versions containing wireguard functionality.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐹Go | github.com/BishopFox/sliver | all versions | 1.5.44go get github.com/BishopFox/sliver@v1.5.44 |
| 🐹Go | github.com/bishopfox/sliver | all versions | 1.5.44go get github.com/bishopfox/sliver@v1.5.44 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for github.com/BishopFox/sliver, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update github.com/BishopFox/sliver to 1.5.44 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2025-27093 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Put an independent control in front of the weakness: restrict the affected endpoint or interface to trusted networks, require an additional authentication factor or proxy-level check, and invalidate existing sessions and credentials in case the flaw has already been used.
Frequently Asked Questions
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