# inguardians/peirates

Peirates - Kubernetes Penetration Testing tool

Repository: https://github.com/inguardians/peirates
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/peirates
Homepage: https://www.inguardians.com/peirates/
Language: Go
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2026-08-26T00:20:56+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 90/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 74, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2739, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 12, "gap_med": 177, "n_releases_24m": 6}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1477, forks 134 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:50.169354+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: penetration-testing, security
- domain: security, cloud-computing, penetration-testing
- platform: cli
- tags: kubernetes, k8s, privilege-escalation, lateral-movement, red-team, offensive-security, service-account-tokens, interactive-menu, containers, linux, docker

## Member repositories
- inguardians/peirates (main) score 90

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:50.169354+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 2026-08-30T04:34:24.465347+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/inguardians/peirates (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:50.169354+00:00, sha ef007c944422)
  - homepage: https://www.inguardians.com/peirates/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:41:33.650024+00:00, sha 12872538b7f5)
  - site_page: https://www.inguardians.com/aboutus (fetched 2026-08-29T11:41:33.652770+00:00, sha 70adcefe4139)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.