fix(telnet): replace Cowrie with real busybox telnetd + rsyslog logging

Cowrie was exposing an SSH daemon on port 22 alongside the telnet service
even when COWRIE_SSH_ENABLED=false, contaminating deployments that did not
request an SSH service.

New implementation mirrors the SSH service pattern:
- busybox telnetd in foreground mode on port 23
- /bin/login for real PAM authentication (brute-force attempts logged)
- rsyslog RFC 5424 bridge piped to stdout for Docker log capture
- Configurable root password and hostname via env vars
- No Cowrie dependency
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2026-04-12 00:34:45 -04:00
parent c384a3103a
commit 65d585569b
68 changed files with 142 additions and 271 deletions

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ARG BASE_IMAGE=debian:bookworm-slim
FROM ${BASE_IMAGE}
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
busybox \
rsyslog \
procps \
net-tools \
&& rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
# rsyslog: forward auth.* and user.* to named pipe in RFC 5424 format
RUN printf '%s\n' \
'# DECNET log bridge — auth + user events → named pipe as RFC 5424' \
'$template RFC5424fmt,"<%PRI%>1 %TIMESTAMP:::date-rfc3339% %HOSTNAME% %APP-NAME% %PROCID% %MSGID% %STRUCTURED-DATA% %msg%\n"' \
'auth,authpriv.* |/var/run/decnet-logs;RFC5424fmt' \
'user.* |/var/run/decnet-logs;RFC5424fmt' \
> /etc/rsyslog.d/99-decnet.conf
# Silence default catch-all rules
RUN sed -i \
-e 's|^\(\*\.\*;auth,authpriv\.none\)|#\1|' \
-e 's|^auth,authpriv\.\*|#auth,authpriv.*|' \
/etc/rsyslog.conf
# Realistic motd and issue banner
RUN echo "Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS" > /etc/issue.net && \
echo "Welcome to Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS (GNU/Linux 5.4.0-150-generic x86_64)" > /etc/motd && \
echo "" >> /etc/motd && \
echo " * Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com" >> /etc/motd
# Fake lived-in files
RUN mkdir -p /root/scripts /root/backups && \
printf '#!/bin/bash\n# DB backup script\nmysqldump -u root -padmin prod_db > /root/backups/db.sql\n' > /root/scripts/backup.sh && \
printf 'DB_HOST=10.0.0.5\nDB_USER=admin\nDB_PASS=changeme123\n' > /root/.env && \
printf 'alias ll="ls -alF"\nalias la="ls -A"\nexport HISTSIZE=1000\n' >> /root/.bashrc
# Log bash commands via syslog
RUN echo 'PROMPT_COMMAND='"'"'logger -p user.info -t bash "CMD uid=$UID pwd=$PWD cmd=$(history 1 | sed "s/^ *[0-9]* *//")";'"'" >> /root/.bashrc
COPY entrypoint.sh /entrypoint.sh
RUN chmod +x /entrypoint.sh
EXPOSE 23
HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=5s --start-period=10s --retries=3 \
CMD kill -0 1 || exit 1
ENTRYPOINT ["/entrypoint.sh"]

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#!/bin/bash
set -e
# Configure root password (default: admin)
ROOT_PASSWORD="${TELNET_ROOT_PASSWORD:-admin}"
echo "root:${ROOT_PASSWORD}" | chpasswd
# Optional: override hostname inside container
if [ -n "$TELNET_HOSTNAME" ]; then
echo "$TELNET_HOSTNAME" > /etc/hostname
hostname "$TELNET_HOSTNAME"
fi
# Fake bash history so the box looks used
if [ ! -f /root/.bash_history ]; then
cat > /root/.bash_history <<'HIST'
apt update && apt upgrade -y
systemctl status mysql
tail -f /var/log/syslog
df -h
ps aux
cd /root/scripts
bash backup.sh
crontab -e
ls /root/backups
cat /root/.env
HIST
fi
# Logging pipeline: named pipe → rsyslogd (RFC 5424) → stdout
mkfifo /var/run/decnet-logs
# Relay pipe to stdout so Docker captures all syslog events
cat /var/run/decnet-logs &
# Start rsyslog
rsyslogd
# busybox telnetd: foreground mode, real /bin/login for PAM auth logging
exec busybox telnetd -F -l /bin/login -p 23