test_active_directory
Run Active Directory security assessment. Includes: BloodHound enumeration, Kerberoasting, AS-REP roasting, privilege escalation paths, delegation attacks, and domain dominance. Recommended (secure): pass auth_profile = name of an ntlm profile created via pentest-ai auth profile add. The password...
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What test_active_directory does on Pentest Ai
AI agents invoke test_active_directory to trigger actions in Pentest Ai. What it does depends on the arguments the agent supplies, and its effects often reach beyond the immediate call: builds kicked off, notifications sent, workflows started.
Why test_active_directory is rated High
This tool actively runs offensive security techniques against an Active Directory environment — including credential attacks (Kerberoasting, AS-REP roasting), graph-based attack path enumeration (BloodHound), and domain dominance techniques. These are live exploit/attack operations against real infrastructure.
From the tool's definition BloodHound enumeration, Kerberoasting, AS-REP roasting, privilege escalation paths, delegation attacks, and domain dominance
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs test_active_directory safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Pentest Ai, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For test_active_directory, this is the rule to start with:
test_active_directory stays usable, but rate-capped: a runaway agent can't fire it dozens of times a minute. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Pentest Ai, apply this rule, and every test_active_directory call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about test_active_directory
Run Active Directory security assessment. Includes: BloodHound enumeration, Kerberoasting, AS-REP roasting, privilege escalation paths, delegation attacks, and domain dominance. Recommended (secure): pass auth_profile = name of an ntlm profile created via pentest-ai auth profile add. The password is resolved server-side and never enters the MCP/LLM context. Deprecated (insecure, removed in 0.11): credentials dict literal. It is categorised as a Execute tool in the Pentest Ai MCP Server, which means it can trigger actions or run processes. Use rate limits and argument validation.
Register the Pentest Ai MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for test_active_directory: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Pentest Ai. Nothing to install.
test_active_directory is a Execute tool with high risk. Execute tools should be rate-limited and have argument validation enabled.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the test_active_directory rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for test_active_directory. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
test_active_directory is provided by the Pentest Ai MCP server (0xsteph/pentest-ai). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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