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infobyte/evilgrade

Evilgrade is a modular framework that allows the user to take advantage of poor upgrade implementations by injecting fake updates. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/infobyte/evilgrade · homepage · Perl observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

23/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_license

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 4881
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 1827
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1326 stars · 275 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Evilgrade is a modular penetration testing framework that exploits poor software update implementations by injecting fake updates via DNS manipulation and man-in-the-middle scenarios. It ships with pre-made agent binaries, default configurations for fast pentests, and built-in web and DNS server modules covering dozens of popular applications.

Use cases

  • simulate fake update attacks during a pentest
  • test whether software updaters validate signatures
  • demonstrate ARP spoofing or DNS cache poisoning risks
  • deliver a payload through a hijacked update channel
  • train red teamers on MITM update exploitation

When to choose

  • you need to test update mechanisms against MITM attacks
  • you want a ready-made framework with modules for many applications
  • you are doing authorized red team or security research work

When to avoid

  • you need a general-purpose exploitation framework like Metasploit
  • you want actively maintained tooling with recent updates
  • you lack authorization to test target networks

Facets

framework · maturity maintenance

penetration-testing security http-server web-scraping security penetration-testing networking windows cross-platform cli fake-updates mitm dns-spoofing payload-delivery perl update-hijacking linux macos

7 sources

Member repositories

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