HTB: Forgotten

Linux box exploiting an unfinished LimeSurvey install via malicious plugin upload, then Docker credential exposure and SUID abuse through a shared volume.

March 8, 2026 · 6 min

HTB: Love

Windows machine using TLS certificate enumeration to find a staging subdomain, SSRF to leak admin credentials, a PHP webshell upload for a foothold, and an AlwaysInstallElevated MSI for SYSTEM.

March 6, 2026 · 5 min

HTB: Bounty

Windows box exploiting an IIS upload filter bypass via web.config, capped off with a kernel exploit for privilege escalation.

March 2, 2026 · 5 min

HTB: Giddy

Windows machine using MSSQL injection to force NTLM authentication, gain WinRM access, and abuse the UniFi Video service for SYSTEM.

February 28, 2026 · 6 min

HTB: Jeeves

Windows machine using a Jenkins build step for remote code execution, a KeePass database for a Pass-the-Hash credential, and an alternate data stream hiding the root flag.

February 25, 2026 · 5 min

HTB: Dog

Linux box that starts from an exposed Git repository, gains authenticated RCE in Backdrop CMS, and escalates through password reuse and sudo abuse of the bee CLI.

February 22, 2026 · 6 min

HTB: Help

Linux machine chaining a GraphQL credential leak with authenticated blind SQL injection in HelpDeskZ, password/email brute forcing, and a GLIBC-matched kernel exploit for root.

February 20, 2026 · 8 min

HTB: Magic

Linux machine bypassing a SQL injection login, forging magic bytes to upload a PHP webshell, and hijacking a SUID binary’s relative-path lshw call for root.

February 19, 2026 · 5 min

HTB: OpenAdmin

Linux machine exploiting a public OpenNetAdmin RCE, chaining reused database credentials into an internal-only site, and abusing a sudo-permitted nano binary for root.

February 14, 2026 · 4 min

HTB: Nineveh

Linux machine chaining an LFI-executed webshell (staged via phpLiteAdmin), a port-knocked SSH key hidden with steganography, and a chkrootkit cron exploit for root.

February 12, 2026 · 7 min