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DECNET/decnet/services/telnet.py
anti 3e9c4c29b9 feat(ssh,telnet): add non-root user account for privesc + enum lure
Real Linux deployments (especially Ubuntu cloud images) ship a non-
root admin user; honeypots that only accept root logins are a tell.
Add a second account on both SSH and Telnet decoys, configurable
via service_cfg keys `user` / `user_password`, defaulting to
`ubuntu` / `admin` so the lure is live on every fresh deploy.

* `decnet/services/{ssh,telnet}.py` — two new ServiceConfigFields
  (`user` string, `user_password` secret) and matching env vars
  (`SSH_USER` / `SSH_USER_PASSWORD`, mirror for telnet) propagated
  via the compose fragment.
* `decnet/templates/ssh/entrypoint.sh` — runtime `useradd -m -s
  /usr/libexec/login-session -G sudo "$SSH_USER"` so the new user
  inherits the same sessrec pty-recording shell as root and lands
  in the sudo group. Privesc attempts (`sudo`) flow through the
  existing sudo-log capture; network-enum from the user's shell
  rides the recorded transcript.
* `decnet/templates/telnet/entrypoint.sh` — same useradd pattern
  (no sudo group — busybox+login telnet image has no sudo
  package; privesc rides `su -` which itself flows through the
  existing PAM auth-helper at /etc/pam.d/login).
* New tests for default + custom user / password + independence
  from root password. Updated the schema-keys assertion to match
  the four-field shape.

The new account is ALSO the natural home for the body-aware
predicates that were previously gated on root-only sessions —
attackers who land on `ubuntu@host` and run network-recon /
privesc commands now generate the same structured TTP-rule
events as root sessions did, captured via the same auth-helper
+ sessrec + sudo-log pipes.
2026-05-02 19:48:03 -04:00

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import os
from pathlib import Path
from decnet.services.base import BaseService, ServiceConfigField
TEMPLATES_DIR = Path(__file__).parent.parent / "templates" / "telnet"
ARTIFACTS_ROOT = os.environ.get("DECNET_ARTIFACTS_ROOT", "/var/lib/decnet/artifacts")
class TelnetService(BaseService):
"""
Real telnetd using busybox telnetd + rsyslog logging pipeline.
Replaced Cowrie emulation (which also started an SSH daemon on port 22)
with a real busybox telnetd so only port 23 is exposed and auth events
are logged as RFC 5424 via the same rsyslog bridge used by the SSH service.
service_cfg keys:
password Root password (default: "admin")
user Non-root user name (default: "ubuntu") for
realistic "telnet user@host" lures + privesc capture
user_password Non-root user's password (default: "admin")
hostname Override container hostname
"""
name = "telnet"
ports = [23]
default_image = "build"
config_schema = [
ServiceConfigField(
key="password",
label="Root password",
type="password",
default="admin",
secret=True,
help="Plaintext root password for the in-container telnetd.",
),
ServiceConfigField(
key="user",
label="Non-root user",
type="string",
default="ubuntu",
help=(
"Username for the second account on the decoy. The telnet "
"image is busybox + real /bin/login (PAM-aware), so a "
"non-root user widens the attack surface — captures "
"enumeration scripts that only try common usernames "
"(`telnet ubuntu@host`) and post-login `su -` privesc "
"attempts via the existing PAM auth-helper."
),
),
ServiceConfigField(
key="user_password",
label="Non-root user password",
type="password",
default="admin",
secret=True,
help=(
"Password for the non-root user. Captured at PAM auth "
"time via the same auth-helper that handles root logins. "
"Telnet has no sudo (busybox+login image); privesc rides "
"`su -` which itself flows through PAM."
),
),
ServiceConfigField(
key="hostname",
label="Container hostname",
type="string",
placeholder="e.g. mail-01.corp.local",
help=(
"Cosmetic override for the telnet banner — keeps decoys "
"looking heterogeneous. Decky identity (NODE_NAME) is unaffected."
),
),
]
def compose_fragment(
self,
decky_name: str,
log_target: str | None = None,
service_cfg: dict | None = None,
) -> dict:
cfg = service_cfg or {}
env: dict = {
"TELNET_ROOT_PASSWORD": cfg.get("password", "admin"),
# Non-root user account — created at runtime by the
# entrypoint iff TELNET_USER is non-empty. Defaults to
# "ubuntu"/"admin" to mirror the SSH service shape and
# match the Ubuntu-flavoured motd already baked into the
# telnet image.
"TELNET_USER": cfg.get("user", "ubuntu"),
"TELNET_USER_PASSWORD": cfg.get("user_password", "admin"),
# NODE_NAME is the authoritative decky identifier for log
# attribution — matches the host path used for the artifacts
# bind mount below.
"NODE_NAME": decky_name,
}
if "hostname" in cfg:
env["TELNET_HOSTNAME"] = cfg["hostname"]
# Quarantine mount symmetric to the SSH service — sessrec appends
# pty transcripts to /var/lib/systemd/coredump/transcripts/ inside
# the container, which the host sees under artifacts/<decky>/telnet/.
quarantine_host = f"{ARTIFACTS_ROOT}/{decky_name}/telnet"
return {
"build": {"context": str(TEMPLATES_DIR)},
"container_name": f"{decky_name}-telnet",
"restart": "unless-stopped",
"cap_add": ["NET_BIND_SERVICE"],
"environment": env,
"volumes": [f"{quarantine_host}:/var/lib/systemd/coredump:rw"],
}
def dockerfile_context(self) -> Path:
return TEMPLATES_DIR