pacu-aws-exploitation SKILL.md skillA
pacu-aws-exploitation from dreadnode/capabilities is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add dreadnode/capabilities/pacu-aws-exploitation@git:20260605.476e166Pins git:20260605.476e166 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- dreadnode/capabilities
- Path
capabilities/web-security/skills/pacu-aws-exploitation/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260605.476e166, committed Jun 5, 2026
- Size
- 3,231 bytes
- Repository stars
- 22
- License
- MIT
AWS exploitation and post-compromise validation with Pacu. Use when an authorized web test yields AWS credentials, cloud metadata access, SSRF-to-AWS impact, exposed AWS keys, or an explicit request to assess an AWS account with Pacu.
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
# Pacu -- AWS Exploitation Framework Pacu is an AWS exploitation framework for authorized cloud security testing. Use it only when the engagement scope explicitly includes the AWS account or when a confirmed web vulnerability produces AWS credentials or metadata access that must be validated for impact. ## When to Use - SSRF confirms access to AWS metadata and yields temporary credentials. - Source, logs, CI output, client bundles, or config files expose AWS access keys. - A target owner provides AWS credentials for an authorized cloud assessment. - You need to prove concrete AWS impact after a web finding, such as IAM privilege escalation paths, Lambda exposure, S3 access, or current principal identity. ## When Not to Use - The target scope excludes cloud infrastructure or AWS account testing. - You only have a public AWS account ID, ARN, bucket name, or hostname without authorization or credentials. - You can prove the web vulnerability impact without touching AWS APIs. ## Setup Pacu is installed as the `pacu` CLI. It stores sessions locally. Use a descriptive session name tied to the engagement or finding ID. ```bash pacu --help …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add dreadnode/capabilities/pacu-aws-exploitation@sha256:c79ba1f4e19cbbb6The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260605.476e166, 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.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Jun 5, 2026.
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (3231 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 link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
dreadnode/capabilities · 22 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-02 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_gebodygspdh5rvxz GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=dreadnode/capabilities/pacu-aws-exploitation GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/c79ba1f4e19cbbb6459ddf64d584dd3455bc81f27597bcf2c038785e3ae425d1
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