aws-penetration-testing SKILL.md skillB
aws-penetration-testing from ghosteken/agent-harness is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add ghosteken/agent-harness/aws-penetration-testing@git:20260721.efafd9cPins git:20260721.efafd9c in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- B, 16 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- ghosteken/agent-harness
- Path
archive/skills-community/aws-penetration-testing/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260721.efafd9c, committed Jul 21, 2026
- Size
- 10,159 bytes
- Repository stars
- 4
- License
- MIT
Provide comprehensive techniques for penetration testing AWS cloud environments. Covers IAM enumeration, privilege escalation, SSRF to metadata endpoint, S3 bucket exploitation, Lambda code extraction, and persistence techniques for red team operations.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
> AUTHORIZED USE ONLY: Use this skill only for authorized security assessments, defensive validation, or controlled educational environments. # AWS Penetration Testing ## Purpose Provide comprehensive techniques for penetration testing AWS cloud environments. Covers IAM enumeration, privilege escalation, SSRF to metadata endpoint, S3 bucket exploitation, Lambda code extraction, and persistence techniques for red team operations. ## Inputs/Prerequisites - AWS CLI configured with credentials - Valid AWS credentials (even low-privilege) - Understanding of AWS IAM model - Python 3, boto3 library - Tools: Pacu, Prowler, ScoutSuite, SkyArk ## Outputs/Deliverables - IAM privilege escalation paths - Extracted credentials and secrets - Compromised EC2/Lambda/S3 resources - Persistence mechanisms - Security audit findings --- ## Essential Tools | Tool | Purpose | Installation | |------|---------|--------------| | Pacu | AWS exploitation framework | `git clone https://github.com/RhinoSecurityLabs/pacu` | | SkyArk | Shadow Admin discovery | `Import-Module .\SkyArk.ps1` | | Prowler | Security auditing | `pip install prowler` | …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add ghosteken/agent-harness/aws-penetration-testing@sha256:f28c5b3b8990b2e2The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260721.efafd9c, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_6f4tpmdryexnvnuq)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Jul 21, 2026.
Audit of the latest version
- fail: No link to a raw IP address (matched: http://169.254.169.254)
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (10159 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No script tag
Starting a new one? Use a template for SKILL.md on mdpantry, which passes every one of these checks and says what to change in it.
Source
ghosteken/agent-harness · 4 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-13 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_6f4tpmdryexnvnuq GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=ghosteken/agent-harness/aws-penetration-testing GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/f28c5b3b8990b2e25301339bfd8937ec7824d1cd99cdd59232860298694d8964
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