Pentest Agents is an advanced, modular AI-powered system for automated penetration testing of web applications and APIs. It is designed to emulate the workflow of a professional red team, performing reconnaissance, exploitation, privilege escalation, persistence, and detailed reporting—delivering actionable security insights to defenders.
Provide intelligent defense solutions by building AI-Agent based tools for automating cybersecurity penetration testing. In short, the plan is:
- Build agents that can properly use existing cybersecurity tools for vulnerability scanning and threat analysis.
- Optimize those agents to automate vulnerability identification and patching, instead of just scanning and threat reporting.
- Build a reactive defensive system that can produce countermeasures against attackers in real-time.
- (Long Term) Develop tools to prepare for a future where advanced, dynamic, and automated AI-driven attacks can be easily deployed.
- Automated Reconnaissance: Discovers endpoints, exposed documentation, and technologies (e.g., FastAPI, uvicorn).
- Multi-Phase Attack Execution:
- Exploits critical vulnerabilities such as SQL Injection, Command Injection, Path Traversal, File Upload flaws, and Sensitive Information Disclosure.
- Supports progressive privilege escalation and lateral movement.
- Maintains access (persistence) and assesses business impact.
- Evidence-Driven Reporting:
- Each exploit attempt is documented with payloads, endpoints, responses, and impact assessment.
- Generates structured, comprehensive reports with executive summaries, technical matrices, and prioritized remediation.
- Compliance & Risk Analysis: Maps findings to NIST, ISO27001, OWASP, and regulatory requirements.
- Professional, Ethical Focus: Operates within controlled, evidence-based, and ethical guidelines.
- Reconnaissance: The agent scans the target, discovers endpoints, and gathers intelligence (API docs, schemas, exposed services).
- Attack Recommendation Generation: Identifies high-priority attack techniques for each endpoint.
- Attack Execution:
- Leverages HTTP-based attacks (using curl) to test for authentication bypass, command injection, SQLi, file upload, path traversal, and more.
- Progresses from low-risk probes to high-impact exploits.
- Privilege Escalation & Persistence: Attempts to expand access and maintain control through discovered vulnerabilities.
- Evidence & Impact Documentation: Records all actions, providing proof (payloads, responses, impact).
- Comprehensive Reporting: Outputs a detailed, business-contextualized report with risk scoring, remediation roadmap, and compliance analysis.
- SQL Injection (
/search): Extract or manipulate database contents. - Command Injection (
/admin/system): Execute arbitrary OS commands. - Path Traversal (
/files/{file_path}): Access sensitive files via crafted paths. - Arbitrary File Upload (
/upload): Gain persistent access via uploaded scripts. - Sensitive Info Exposure (
/admin/debug,/openapi.json,/users): Harvest credentials, tokens, internal data. - Authentication/Authorization Bypass (
/login,/user,/user/{user_id}): Escalate privileges, takeover accounts.
- Attack Execution Report: All exploit attempts, successes, and failures with evidence.
- Business Impact Analysis: Risk heatmaps, CVSS scoring, and compliance assessments.
- Remediation Guidance: Prioritized fixes, code hardening, and architectural defense suggestions.
Pentest Agents is intended strictly for authorized security testing, education, and research. Do not use this tool against systems or networks without explicit permission. All activities should comply with legal and ethical standards.