inguardians/peirates

Health v2 · maintenance only

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1477 stars · 134 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

Peirates is a Go-based, interactive Kubernetes penetration testing tool that automates privilege escalation, lateral movement, and cluster takeover techniques. It steals service account tokens, collects secrets, and pivots through clusters from a compromised container or node.

Use cases

• escalate privileges in a kubernetes cluster during a pentest
• steal service account tokens from a compromised pod
• move laterally across a kubernetes cluster
• test kubernetes cluster security posture
• gain cluster-admin access from container code execution
• collect secrets from a kubernetes environment

When to choose

• you have code execution in a pod and want to expand access
• you are doing a red team engagement against kubernetes infrastructure
• you want automated, menu-driven kubernetes attack techniques
• you need a static binary to drop into a compromised container

When to avoid

• you want defensive auditing or hardening recommendations rather than offensive testing
• you lack authorization to attack the cluster
• you need a general-purpose vulnerability scanner rather than a kubernetes-focused attack tool

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

penetration-testing security security cloud-computing penetration-testing cli kubernetes k8s privilege-escalation lateral-movement red-team offensive-security service-account-tokens interactive-menu containers linux docker

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