# SafeBreach-Labs/PoolParty

A set of fully-undetectable process injection techniques abusing Windows Thread Pools

Repository: https://github.com/SafeBreach-Labs/PoolParty
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/poolparty
Language: C++
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2023-12-11T10:52:05+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 20/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 85
- inputs: {"age_days": 1200, "days_push": 996, "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 1284, forks 179 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:14.543017+00:00)

## What it is
PoolParty is a C++ command-line tool implementing eight novel, fully-undetectable process injection techniques that abuse Windows Thread Pools, presented at Black Hat EU 2023. It injects shellcode into a target process by overwriting worker factory start routines or inserting crafted thread pool work items (TP_WORK, TP_WAIT, TP_IO, TP_ALPC, TP_JOB, TP_DIRECT, TP_TIMER).

## Use cases
- inject shellcode into a remote process on windows
- test edr detection of process injection techniques
- red team process injection via thread pools
- execute shellcode in a target pid undetected
- research windows thread pool internals
- evaluate security tooling against new injection variants

## When to choose
- you need cutting-edge thread pool-based injection for red team or detection research on windows
- you want to benchmark EDR/AV coverage against the eight PoolParty variants

## When to avoid
- you need a stealth tool for unauthorized access - this is a research/offensive-security demonstration
- you target non-Windows platforms or need cross-platform injection
- you want a maintained general-purpose injection framework rather than a proof-of-concept

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: security, penetration-testing, cli
- domain: security, penetration-testing, windows
- platform: windows, cli, cpp
- tags: process-injection, thread-pools, red-team, offensive-security, shellcode, evasion

## Member repositories
- SafeBreach-Labs/PoolParty (main) score 20

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:14.543017+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 2026-08-30T04:56:43.003104+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/SafeBreach-Labs/PoolParty (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:14.543017+00:00, sha c04b24014f39)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.