# runZeroInc/sshamble

SSHamble: Unexpected Exposures in SSH

Repository: https://github.com/runZeroInc/sshamble
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/sshamble
Language: Go
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: golang, research, security
Last push: 2026-07-28T02:42:14+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 68/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 94, release rhythm 44, longevity 54
- inputs: {"age_days": 767, "days_push": 36, "days_rel": 379, "gap_med": 5, "n_releases_24m": 8}
- 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 1180, forks 86 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:53.513613+00:00)

## What it is
SSHamble is a Go-based research and scanning tool for probing SSH server implementations. It enumerates SSH capabilities and tests for authentication exposures, pre-auth state transitions, timing analysis, and post-session enumeration attacks.

## Use cases
- scan a network range for exposed SSH services
- test SSH servers for authentication vulnerabilities
- analyze SSH pre-authentication state transitions
- perform SSH authentication timing analysis
- enumerate users via post-session attacks
- check SSH keys against the badkeys blocklist

## When to choose
- auditing SSH exposure across a network
- security research on SSH implementations
- checking for compromised keys via badkeys

## When to avoid
- you need a hardened production SSH server rather than a testing tool
- you need a full vulnerability scanner beyond SSH

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: security, penetration-testing, vulnerability-scanning, networking
- domain: security, penetration-testing, networking, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cross-platform, cli
- tags: ssh, security-research, scanner, golang, authentication, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- runZeroInc/sshamble (main) score 68

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:53.513613+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 2026-08-30T06:25:20.381859+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/runZeroInc/sshamble (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:53.513613+00:00, sha 759c052c98f9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.