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Ssh Penetration Testing

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sickn33·vlatest·testing·MIT

Automates SSH vulnerability scanning and exploitation attempts to identify weak configurations and potential breaches.

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  1. 1

    Run this in your project

    terminal
    $ npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill ssh-penetration-testing -a claude-code

  2. Uses the open-source skills CLI and needs Node.js. Add -g to install it for your user instead of this project.

What we know about this skill

Publisher

sickn33

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Install target

Live repository

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Automated safety checks

scanned

This skill failed 1 of 6 checks. A failure is not proof of bad intent; it means something in the code needs a human to look at it before you run it.

  • Declares what it does: failed

    No SKILL.md was found in the skill's directory.

    SKILL.md exists, its frontmatter parses, and it declares a name and a description.

  • No undeclared network calls: passed

    Makes no network calls.

    Every host the skill dials — from its scripts, its config endpoints or the commands it tells the agent to run — is either well-known package and API infrastructure or declared in its own frontmatter. Links in documentation are not counted.

  • No obfuscated payloads: passed

    No encoded or obfuscated payloads.

    No base64, hex or compressed blob is decoded and then executed, and no encoded shell commands.

  • No credential access: passed

    Reads no keys, tokens, keychains or credential files.

    Neither the code nor the SKILL.md instructions read SSH keys, cloud credentials, keychains, token stores, browser cookie databases or dotfiles that hold secrets.

  • No pipe-to-shell installers: passed

    No pipe-to-shell or download-and-run installers.

    No `curl … | sh` pattern, in the code or in the instructions, that runs code fetched at run time.

  • Pinned to a commit: passed

    Scanned sickn33/antigravity-awesome-skills at 5a4cdd9df8.

    The exact upstream commit SHA that was scanned is recorded, so the result refers to specific bytes.

Commit
5a4cdd9df8
Manifest
skills/ssh-penetration-testing/SKILL.md
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0 files
Copies in repo
3 — all of them scanned
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About this skill

What it does

This skill enables AI agents to perform SSH-based penetration testing, allowing them to scan for vulnerabilities and attempt unauthorized access to remote systems. It automates the process of identifying weak configurations and exploiting known security flaws within a network environment.

When to use it

  • Assessing the security posture of internal servers before deploying critical updates.
  • Simulating cyberattacks on isolated test environments to validate defense mechanisms.
  • Identifying misconfigured SSH daemons or unpatched software versions in legacy systems.
  • Conducting authorized red team exercises to uncover potential entry points for attackers.

Key capabilities

  • Automated scanning of remote hosts for open SSH ports and version information.
  • Execution of vulnerability checks against common SSH weaknesses.
  • Simulation of brute-force attacks using credential lists.
  • Generation of detailed reports on discovered security gaps.

Example prompts

  • "Scan this IP address for SSH vulnerabilities and list any weak configurations found."
  • "Attempt to access the target server via SSH using a provided wordlist of common passwords."
  • "Generate a penetration test report highlighting all exploitable SSH services on the network."

Tips & gotchas

Ensure you have explicit authorization before running this skill against any system, as unauthorized access is illegal. Always operate within isolated or dedicated testing environments to prevent accidental disruption of production services.