Changelog

Unreleased

Release 0.1.0

Fixes

Fixed UTF-8 char conversion for Python3
Fixed calculation for socket bytes sent
Fixed shutdown handling for port scanner
Fixed false positives for port scanner
Fixed sending binary data from stdin
Fixed self-inject mode if remote sends greetings or prefixes: #83
Fixed remote command to respawn if it crashes due to bad user input

Added

Implemented signal handler to distribute shutdown signals across threads
Feature: --no-shutdown to copy the behaviour of OpenBSD netcat to keep stdin open after EOF
Feature: --http
Feature: send-on-eof
CI: Integration tests for inject shell
CI: Integration tests for different file transfer modes
Added artwork

Changed

Changed behaviour to close after EOF on stdin (can be reverted via --no-shutdown)
Added faster method to validate remote files in CNC mode

Release 0.0.23-alpha

Fixed

Fixed freeze in raw mode: #81

Added

Install instructions for ArchLinux

Release 0.0.22-alpha

Added

Feature: Rebind forever: --rebind: #44
Feature: Wait between rebind attempts: --rebind-wait: #45
Feature: Port hopping for rebinds: --rebind-robin: #46
Feature: Send initial ping --ping-init: #48
Feature: Zero-I/O mode (port scan) --zero: #32
Feature: Safeword: --safe-word: #51
Feature: Stateless UDP connect: --udp-sconnect and --udp-sconnect-word: #79

Changes

Re-organized command line arguments for better overview

Release 0.0.21-alpha

Added

Feature: Be able to inject multiple reverse shells --self-inject by specifying a port list (comma separated, range or increment): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQyFoUG18WY

Changed

port argument not only takes comma seperated value or range, but now also an increment: 443+10

Release 0.0.20-alpha

Added

Feature: Be able to specify source address and port for clients: #66

Release 0.0.19-alpha

Added

Feature: Dualstack IPv4 and IPv6 by default (use -4 or -6 to use either of them alone)
Feature: Allow addr part in --local to be optional for consistency: #54
Feature: Have a stateful connect phase for UDP
CI: Run integration tests for any combination of IPv4, IPv6, TCP, UDP, specific bind and wildcard bind

Fixes

Ensure remote hostname is mandatory for --local/-L mode

Release 0.0.18-alpha

Added

Feature: IP ToS selection (-T/--tos)
Feature: Print socket options (--info) for socket, IPv4, IPv6 and/or TCP

Release 0.0.17-alpha

Fixed

CI: Fixed test frameworks for error checking

Added

Feature: IPv6 support (-6)

Changed

Changed --rebind to allow omitting an argument for endless connect retries

Release 0.0.16-alpha

Added

Added self-injecting unbreakable pwncat reverse shell

Release 0.0.15-alpha

Fixed

Fixed broken pipe with tail -F

Changed

CI: Retry with different port on test failure

Release 0.0.14-alpha

Added

Added feature: Made PSEStore instance available to all PSE scripts to persist data, interacti with sockets, stop signal and logger
Added chat-bot PSE
Added documentation for PSE API

Release 0.0.13-alpha

Added

Feature: Client port hopping (--reconn-robin): #43

Release 0.0.12-alpha

Added

Feature: Adedd PSE: Pwncat Scripting Engine (--script-send and --script-recv): #62

Release 0.0.11-alpha

Fixed

Fixed various bugs with --reconn, --keep-open, --local and --remote
Fixed various bugs with threads
Fixed shutdown behaviour with Ctrl+c for --keep-open
Fixed shutdown behaviour with Ctrl+c for --reconn

Added

Feature: Custom ping word (--ping-word): #49
Python type coverage report
CI: Added ca. 13,000 LoC integration tests and fixed findings accordingly
CI: Added dockerized interactive tests to simulate Ctrl+c

Changed

Code: really heavy heavy code refactoring
Option: -C/--crlf now takes an argument to either force LF, CRLF or CR or even remove line feeds altogether on input AND output (or keep as it is, if not specified)
Modularized code for better plugin integration
Fixes #47 Change --udp-* options to --* to allow both, UDP and TCP

Release 0.0.10-alpha

Added

CI: pylinyt
CI: mypy

Changed

Code: heavy refactoring
CI: separate jobs
API: switched from pdoc to pdoc3

Release 0.0.9-alpha

Added

Feature: colorized logging (-c/--color): #56

Release 0.0.8-alpha

Added

Feature: implemented remote port forwarding mode: -R/--remote

Release 0.0.7-alpha

Fixed

Fixed -L/--local mode to now persist multiple requests
Fixed -C/--crlf Only replace \n with \r\n if \n exists and don't blindly add.

Added

Integration tests for L/--local mode

Changed

Plugin architecture has been heavily refactored to make it easier to add new plugins
Improved logging

Release 0.0.6-alpha

Fixed

Fixed -n/--nodns to actually not resolve DNS
Fixed various threading issues

Added

Check for unimplemented options
Feature: Made socket receive non-blocking
Feature: Made stdin non-blocking (except for Windows)
Documentation: man page
Documentation: updated readme and contribution guidelines
CI: lots of integration tests for Linux, MacOS and Windows

Changed

Changed daemon threads to non-daemon threads
Use Python's logging module instead of self-written one
Usage options have changed drastically
Changed --reconn and --reconn-wait to keep open (-k/--keep)

Removed

Removed builtins import for cross-os base install compatibility

Release 0.0.5-alpha

Added

Feature: Local port forward (-L)

Release 0.0.4-alpha

Added

Feature: UDP connect mode interval ping (--udp-ping-intvl) for unbreakable UDP reverse shells

Release 0.0.3-alpha

Fixed

Hardened Python 2/3 string compatibility
Checking against mutually exclusive arguments
Fix crash while checking for Mac newlines \r

Added

Editorconfig
Feature: Re-connect/Re-listen on connection abort (--reconn)
Feature: Re-connect/Re-listen on connection abort (--reconn-wait)

Release 0.0.2-alpha

Added

Feature: Execute shell commands (-e/--exec)
Feature: Skip DNS resolution (-n/--nodns)
Documentation: API docs

Changed

Renamed project from netcat to pwncat

Release 0.0.1-alpha

Added

Feature: Listen
Feature: Connect
Feature: UDP mode
Feature: Change linefeeds (LF vs CRLF)
Feature: Verbosity