Quick answer

This site is a defensive and educational resource. Use LinPEAS and anything you learn here only on systems you own or are explicitly authorised to test — including legal training labs and CTFs. Unauthorised access to computer systems is illegal, and we do not support it.

Authorised use only

Use LinPEAS only on systems you own or are explicitly authorised to test, including legal training labs and CTF environments where testing is permitted. Unauthorised access to computer systems is illegal.

What authorised use means#

  • Systems you own.
  • Engagements with written permission and a defined scope.
  • Legal training labs (e.g. Hack The Box, TryHackMe) within their rules.
  • CTF environments where testing is permitted.

What we focus on#

  • Security auditing and misconfiguration discovery.
  • System hardening and remediation.
  • Authorised penetration testing.
  • Linux security education.

What we won't publish#

  • Step-by-step exploitation aimed at unauthorised targets.
  • Techniques framed to evade detection for malicious purposes.
  • Anything positioning unauthorised access as acceptable.

Reporting#

Report security issues in LinPEAS to the PEASS-ng project. Report issues with this website via our contact page.