The latest build of SharpHound will always be found here.
To determine the SharpHound version compatible with a deployed BloodHound CE instance, login to BloodHound CE's web UI and click on ⚙️ (Settings) → Download Collectors. Then, click either the "Download SharpHound" button in the user interface or use the displayed SharpHound version to download the appropriate release binary. Alternatively, compile a SharpHound binary from the corresponding release commit.
Please refer to the SharpHound section, part of the BloodHound Community Edition documentation.
To build this project, use .net 5.0 and run the following:
dotnet restore .
dotnet build
SharpHound is designed targeting .Net 4.6.2. SharpHound must be run from the context of a domain user, either directly through a logon or through another method such as RUNAS.
dotnet restore .
dotnet build
The listing below details the CLI arguments SharpHound supports. Additional details about these options can be found in the BloodHound CE Collection documentation.
-c, --collectionmethods (Default: Default) Collection Methods: Container, Group, LocalGroup, GPOLocalGroup,
Session, LoggedOn, ObjectProps, ACL, ComputerOnly, Trusts, Default, RDP, DCOM, DCOnly, UserRights,
CARegistry, DCRegistry, CertServices, WebClientService, NTLMRegistry,SMBInfo,LdapServices
-d, --domain Specify domain to enumerate
-s, --searchforest (Default: false) Search all available domains in the forest
--stealth Stealth Collection (Prefer DCOnly whenever possible!)
-f Add an LDAP filter to the pregenerated filter.
--distinguishedname Base DistinguishedName to start the LDAP search at
--computerfile Path to file containing computer names to enumerate
--outputdirectory (Default: .) Directory to output file too
--outputprefix String to prepend to output file names
--cachename Filename for cache (Defaults to a machine specific identifier)
--memcache Keep cache in memory and don't write to disk
--rebuildcache (Default: false) Rebuild cache and remove all entries
--randomfilenames (Default: false) Use random filenames for output
--zipfilename Filename for the zip
--nozip (Default: false) Don't zip files
--trackcomputercalls (Default: false) Adds a CSV tracking requests to computers
--zippassword Password protects the zip with the specified password
--prettyprint (Default: false) Pretty print JSON
--ldapusername Username for LDAP
--ldappassword Password for LDAP
--domaincontroller Override domain controller to pull LDAP from. This option can result in data loss
--ldapport (Default: 0) Override port for LDAP
--secureldap (Default: false) Connect to LDAP SSL instead of regular LDAP
--disablecertverification (Default: false) Disable certificate verification for secure LDAP
--disablesigning (Default: false) Disables Kerberos Signing/Sealing
--skipportcheck (Default: false) Skip checking if 445 is open
--portchecktimeout (Default: 500) Timeout for port checks in milliseconds
--skippasswordcheck (Default: false) Skip PwdLastSet age check when checking computers
--excludedcs (Default: false) Exclude domain controllers from session/localgroup enumeration (mostly for
ATA/ATP)
--throttle Add a delay after computer requests in milliseconds
--jitter Add jitter to throttle (percent)
--threads (Default: 50) Number of threads to run enumeration with
--skipregistryloggedon Skip registry session enumeration
--overrideusername Override the username to filter for NetSessionEnum
--realdnsname Override DNS suffix for API calls
--collectallproperties Collect all LDAP properties from objects
-l, --Loop Loop computer collection
--loopduration Loop duration (hh:mm:ss - 05:00:00 is 5 hours, default: 2 hrs)
--loopinterval Add delay between loops (hh:mm:ss - 00:03:00 is 3 minute)
--statusinterval (Default: 30000) Interval in which to display status in milliseconds
--localadminsessionenum Specify if you want to use a dedicated LOCAL user for session enumeration
--localadminusername Specify the username of the localadmin for session enumeration
--localadminpassword Specify the password of the localadmin for session enumeration
-v (Default: 2) Enable verbose output. Lower is more verbose
--help Display this help screen.
--version Display version information.