corkami/mitra

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1286 stars · 83 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

Mitra is a Python CLI tool that generates weird files such as binary polyglots, near-polyglots, polymocks, parasites, and zippers across many file formats. It is aimed at security research and demonstrating risks of poorly designed file formats.

Use cases

• generate a polyglot file that is valid as two formats at once
• append arbitrary data to a PDF while keeping it valid
• create a PNG/DICOM polyglot for parser testing
• demonstrate security risks of a badly designed file format
• extract the two payloads from a polyglot file separately
• test whether a file parser can be tricked by overlapping bytes

When to choose

• you are doing security research on file format parsers
• you need to quickly generate polyglot or near-polyglot test files
• you want to explore which format features enable format abuses
• you need proof-of-concept files for a format design review

When to avoid

• you need a general-purpose file format converter
• you want production tooling that fixes checksums or validates outputs
• you need a GUI or non-technical workflow
• your target format is not among the supported layouts

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

security developer-tools file-system security files developer-tools python cli cross-platform binary-polyglots file-format-abuse security-research file-parsing

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