# CravateRouge/bloodyAD

BloodyAD is an Active Directory Privilege Escalation Framework

Repository: https://github.com/CravateRouge/bloodyAD
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/bloodyad
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-05T13:32:28+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 97/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 96, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1787, "days_push": 28, "days_rel": 28, "gap_med": 5, "n_releases_24m": 42}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2275, forks 216 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:33.391844+00:00)

## What it is
bloodyAD is a Python CLI tool for Active Directory privilege escalation that performs specific LDAP calls against domain controllers. It supports multiple authentication methods including cleartext passwords, pass-the-hash, pass-the-ticket, and certificates.

## Use cases
- escalate privileges in an active directory domain
- modify AD object attributes via LDAP
- reset another user's password in the domain
- perform shadow credential attacks
- run AD attacks through a SOCKS proxy
- enumerate and manipulate domain controller objects

## When to choose
- you need a scriptable CLI for AD privesc via LDAP
- you want pass-the-hash or certificate-based authentication support
- you need to route AD attacks through a SOCKS proxy
- you want a modern alternative to PowerView for Linux

## When to avoid
- you need a GUI or automated end-to-end privesc path (see autobloody instead)
- the target is not an Active Directory environment
- you only need passive AD enumeration without modification capabilities

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: security, penetration-testing, cli
- domain: security, penetration-testing, developer-tools
- platform: python, cli, cross-platform
- tags: active-directory, ldap, privilege-escalation, pentesting, pass-the-hash, windows

## Member repositories
- CravateRouge/bloodyAD (main) score 97

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:33.391844+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:41:28.352953+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/CravateRouge/bloodyAD (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:33.391844+00:00, sha aad83410a161)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/bloodyad/json (fetched 2026-08-29T10:21:52.691044+00:00, sha 58d3f0824ec2)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.