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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0009287Kali LinuxNew Tool Requestspublic2026-05-22 09:35
Reporterchrislamp Assigned Todaniruiz  
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
Status resolvedResolutionfixed 
Fixed in Version2026.2 
Summary0009287: Penelope - shell handler
Description

[Name] - Penelope

[Version] - Version 0.14.8

[Homepage] - https://github.com/brightio/penelope

[Download] - https://github.com/brightio/penelope/releases/tag/v0.14.8

[Author] - Christodoulos Lamprinos

[Licence] - GPL-3.0

[Description] - Penelope is a powerful shell handler built as a modern netcat replacement for RCE exploitation, aiming to simplify, accelerate, and optimize post-exploitation workflows. It offers PTY auto-upgrade, multiple sessions, logging, file transfer, in-memory execution and more.

[Dependencies] - Python3.6+. No other dependencies. It uses only python's standard library.

[Activity] - The project started on 2021 and is still active.

[How to install] - wget https://github.com/brightio/penelope/archive/refs/tags/v0.14.8.tar.gz && tar -xzf v0.14.8.tar.gz && cd penelope-0.14.8/ && ./penelope.py

[How to use] - The readme on home page includes all the info in detail.

[Packaged] - The tool is not packaged for Debian.

Activities

daniruiz

daniruiz

2026-05-22 09:34

manager   ~0021698

This tool is now packaged and should be ready in kali-rolling in a few days. Thanks for reporting ;)

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2025-09-08 00:46 chrislamp New Issue
2026-03-26 10:25 daniruiz Summary Penelope shell handler => Penelope - shell handler
2026-05-22 09:34 daniruiz Note Added: 0021698
2026-05-22 09:35 daniruiz Assigned To => daniruiz
2026-05-22 09:35 daniruiz Status new => resolved
2026-05-22 09:35 daniruiz Resolution open => fixed
2026-05-22 09:35 daniruiz Fixed in Version => 2026.2