# GhostPack/Rubeus

Trying to tame the three-headed dog.

Repository: https://github.com/GhostPack/Rubeus
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/rubeus
Language: C#
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: kerberos
Last push: 2026-05-21T11:08:54+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 60/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 83, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2901, "days_push": 104, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5145, forks 897 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:11.186919+00:00)

## What it is
Rubeus is a C# command-line toolset for raw Kerberos interaction and abuse on Windows, adapted from Kekeo and MakeMeEnterpriseAdmin. It supports ticket requests, renewals, Kerberoasting, constrained delegation abuse, and golden/silver/diamond ticket forgery.

## Use cases
- request and renew Kerberos TGT and TGS tickets from the command line
- perform Kerberoasting to extract service account ticket hashes
- forge golden, silver, or diamond tickets for Active Directory testing
- abuse constrained delegation with S4U requests
- harvest and extract Kerberos tickets from memory
- perform password spraying against Kerberos
- pass-the-hash and over-pass-the-hash attacks in assessments

## When to choose
- you are doing authorized Active Directory security assessments or red team operations
- you need fine-grained, scriptable Kerberos protocol interaction on Windows
- you want a maintained C# alternative to Kekeo

## When to avoid
- you need a defensive Kerberos monitoring tool rather than an offensive one
- you are not working in a Windows/Active Directory environment
- you lack authorization to test the target domain

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: security, cryptography, cli, developer-tools
- domain: security, penetration-testing, windows
- platform: windows, dotnet, cli
- tags: kerberos, active-directory, red-team, offensive-security, ticket-forgery, kerberoasting, pass-the-hash

## Member repositories
- GhostPack/Rubeus (main) score 60

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:11.186919+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 2026-08-29T18:01:57.679228+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/GhostPack/Rubeus (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:11.186919+00:00, sha 3270548738a9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.