pentest-auth-bypass

What This Skill Does

The pentest-auth-bypass skill is an advanced automation agent designed for security professionals and penetration testers to rigorously evaluate authentication and session management controls. It systematically assesses systems for common vulnerabilities such as brute-force susceptibility, weak credential handling, session fixation, and ineffective Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) enforcement. By automating the execution of established frameworks like OWASP WSTG and NIST SP 800-115, this tool provides a repeatable and reliable method for identifying account takeover risks. It produces structured findings in a standardized schema, enabling seamless integration into broader vulnerability management pipelines.

Installation

To integrate this skill into your OpenClaw environment, execute the following command in your terminal: clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/0x-professor/pentest-auth-bypass Ensure that you have the necessary environment permissions and dependencies installed as outlined in the source repository documentation.

Use Cases

• Security Assessments: Conduct routine testing of web portals and API gateways against credential stuffing and brute-force attacks.
• Regulatory Compliance: Generate verifiable evidence that authentication controls meet NIST and PTES standards for security audits.
• CI/CD Pipeline Security: Automate post-deployment sanity checks to ensure that new authentication modules do not introduce bypass vulnerabilities.
• Red Teaming: Simulate adversary tactics mapped to MITRE ATT&CK techniques T1110 (Brute Force) and T1550 (Use Alternate Authentication Material).

Example Prompts

1. "Perform an authenticated test on the login portal for app.staging.company.com using the scope defined in scope.json and output the findings to report.json."
2. "Run a dry-run auth assessment against the current target scope to identify potential brute-force vectors without triggering live alerts."
3. "Analyze the session management behavior for our OAuth implementation on internal-service.internal; ensure you adhere to the authorized scope and generate a formal finding report."

Tips & Limitations

• Safety First: Always operate within the bounds of your written authorization. The skill defaults to --dry-run for a reason; use it extensively before performing live tests.
• Scope Management: Never omit the --scope argument. Providing a valid scope.json is critical to prevent unintended testing of out-of-scope infrastructure.
• Data Handling: The tool generates detailed artifacts. Ensure these outputs are handled according to your organization's sensitive data handling policies, as valid-sessions.json may contain sensitive tokens.
• Network Impact: Be mindful that rapid brute-force attempts may trigger rate-limiting or security alerts on the target system.