Getting it into your agent
One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.
npx agentmods add skills/zebbern/claude-code-guide/aws-penetration-testingnpx skills add zebbern/claude-code-guide --skill aws-penetration-testinggit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/zebbern/claude-code-guideWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/skills/zebbern/claude-code-guide/aws-penetration-testing)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/zebbern/claude-code-guide/aws-penetration-testing"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/zebbern/claude-code-guide/aws-penetration-testing.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>What it costs to keep this loaded
Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5 | $0.00067 | $0.02479 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00034 | $0.01239 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00013 | $0.00496 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00007 | $0.00248 |
Grade C, and why
aws-penetration-testing scanned grade C with 4 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 4d ago.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
Harvests environment variablesmediumData exfiltration
Enumerating or grepping the environment for keys collects credentials unrelated to what the mod says it does.
# 3. Extract credentials Downgraded: this mod is about security review, or the phrase is quoted, so it is likely naming the pattern rather than instructing it.
Asks for rootlowPrivilege escalation
A mod that escalates privileges can change anything on the machine, not only the project.
sudo mkdir /mnt/stolen Downgraded: this mod is about security review, or the phrase is quoted, so it is likely naming the pattern rather than instructing it.
Cloud metadata endpointmediumServer-side request forgery
One request to 169.254.169.254 can return temporary IAM credentials.
http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/ Downgraded: this mod is about security review, or the phrase is quoted, so it is likely naming the pattern rather than instructing it.
Makes network callslowCapability
Not a fault in itself. Listed so you know the mod talks to something, and to what.
TOKEN=$(curl -X PUT -H "X-aws-ec2-metadata-token-ttl-seconds: 21600" \ Copies of this mod
3 near-identical copies found in the catalogue:
- AWS Penetration Testing — 100% identical, 2 lines differ
- aws-penetration-testing — 94% identical, 14 lines differ
- aws-penetration-testing — 92% identical, 7 lines differ
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 406 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
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 |
| ScoutSuite | Multi-cloud auditing | pip install scoutsuite |
| enumerate-iam | Permission enumeration | git clone https://github.com/andresriancho/enumerate-iam |
| Principal Mapper | IAM analysis | pip install principalmapper |
Core Workflow
Step 1: Initial Enumeration
Identify the compromised identity and permissions:
# Check current identity
aws sts get-caller-identity
# Configure profile
aws configure --profile compromised
# List access keys
aws iam list-access-keys
# Enumerate permissions
./enumerate-iam.py --access-key AKIA... --secret-key StF0q...
Step 2: IAM Enumeration
# List all users
aws iam list-users
# List groups for user
aws iam list-groups-for-user --user-name TARGET_USER
# List attached policies
aws iam list-attached-user-policies --user-name TARGET_USER
# List inline policies
aws iam list-user-policies --user-name TARGET_USER
# Get policy details
aws iam get-policy --policy-arn POLICY_ARN
aws iam get-policy-version --policy-arn POLICY_ARN --version-id v1
# List roles
aws iam list-roles
aws iam list-attached-role-policies --role-name ROLE_NAME
What ships with it
1 file beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.
What this file has done since we first saw it
Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.
- 4d ago First seen · 406 lines · 67 tokens per session scan C fc63d59bd1ba
aws-penetration-testing is a skill published in the GitHub repository zebbern/claude-code-guide (4,600 stars, last pushed today), licensed MIT. It adds 67 tokens to every session and 2,479 once invoked, about $0.0003 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it C with 4 findings (harvests environment variables, asks for root, cloud metadata endpoint). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.
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