ssh-penetration-testing SKILL.md skillB
ssh-penetration-testing from zebbern/claude-code-guide is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add zebbern/claude-code-guide/ssh-penetration-testing@v1.1Pins v1.1 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- B, 16 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- zebbern/claude-code-guide
- Path
skills/ssh-penetration-testing/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- v1.1, committed May 31, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jan 4, 2026
- Size
- 11,937 bytes
- Repository stars
- 4,700
- License
- MIT
This skill should be used when the user asks to "pentest SSH services", "enumerate SSH configurations", "brute force SSH credentials", "exploit SSH vulnerabilities", "perform SSH tunneling", or "audit SSH security". It provides comprehensive SSH penetration testing methodologies and techniques.
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
# SSH Penetration Testing ## Purpose Conduct comprehensive SSH security assessments including enumeration, credential attacks, vulnerability exploitation, tunneling techniques, and post-exploitation activities. This skill covers the complete methodology for testing SSH service security. ## Prerequisites ### Required Tools - Nmap with SSH scripts - Hydra or Medusa for brute-forcing - ssh-audit for configuration analysis - Metasploit Framework - Python with Paramiko library ### Required Knowledge - SSH protocol fundamentals - Public/private key authentication - Port forwarding concepts - Linux command-line proficiency ## Outputs and Deliverables 1. **SSH Enumeration Report** - Versions, algorithms, configurations 2. **Credential Assessment** - Weak passwords, default credentials 3. **Vulnerability Assessment** - Known CVEs, misconfigurations 4. **Tunnel Documentation** - Port forwarding configurations ## Core Workflow ### Phase 1: SSH Service Discovery Identify SSH services on target networks: ```bash # Quick SSH port scan nmap -p 22 192.168.1.0/24 --open # Common alternate SSH ports nmap -p 22,2222,22222,2200 192.168.1.100 # Full port scan for SSH …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add zebbern/claude-code-guide/ssh-penetration-testing@sha256:2c51adf87fd435a1The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.1, 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_aw55mjser2orx4wc)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between Jan 4, 2026 and May 31, 2026, about one every 74 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v1.1 latest | 2026-05-31 | 164971d | 11,937 B | B | view · diff |
| v1.1 | 2026-01-20 | 27bf883 | 11,937 B | B | view · diff |
| git:20260104.9174e17 | 2026-01-04 | 9174e17 | 11,892 B | B | view |
Audit of the latest version
- fail: No instruction to read or print local credentials (matched: cat ~/.ssh)
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (11937 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 base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- 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
zebbern/claude-code-guide · 4,700 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-07 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_aw55mjser2orx4wc GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=zebbern/claude-code-guide/ssh-penetration-testing GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/2c51adf87fd435a18093c9906d206f9f762f8917c50ca939f25a313fbd0b6fd5
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