# p0dalirius/Coercer

A python script to automatically coerce a Windows server to authenticate on an arbitrary machine through 12 methods.

Repository: https://github.com/p0dalirius/Coercer
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/coercer
Homepage: https://podalirius.net/
Language: Python
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: authentication, automatic, call, coerce, privilege-escalation, rpc, ntlm, fuzzing
Last push: 2026-04-24T08:03:18+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 58/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 79, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1525, "days_push": 131, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2310, forks 221 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:36.000108+00:00)

## What it is
Coercer is a Python CLI tool that automatically coerces Windows servers to authenticate to an arbitrary machine via multiple RPC methods over SMB pipes. It supports scan and fuzz modes, filtering by method/protocol/pipe, and exports results to SQLite, JSON, and XLSX.

## Use cases
- coerce a Windows server to authenticate to my machine via RPC
- test if a domain controller is vulnerable to NTLM coercion attacks
- enumerate open SMB pipes on a remote Windows host
- fuzz vulnerable RPC functions for authentication coercion
- find which coercion methods work against a target during a pentest
- scan a list of Windows targets for coercible authentication

## When to choose
- you are doing authorized penetration testing or red teaming of Active Directory environments
- you need to test many coercion methods automatically across multiple targets
- you want structured reporting of coercion results in JSON, SQLite, or XLSX

## When to avoid
- you need a general-purpose network scanner rather than NTLM/RPC coercion
- you lack authorization to test the target systems
- you need a GUI-based exploitation framework

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: penetration-testing, security, networking, cli
- domain: security, penetration-testing, windows, networking
- platform: windows, python, cli
- tags: active-directory, ntlm-coercion, smb, rpc, privilege-escalation, red-team, pentest, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- p0dalirius/Coercer (main) score 58

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:36.000108+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 2026-08-30T02:39:34.018022+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/p0dalirius/Coercer (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:36.000108+00:00, sha 96871daa7636)
  - homepage: https://podalirius.net/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:19:41.900119+00:00, sha 0a6502170340)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.