Challenge list
Programming - Bash Job Log Analysis
/challenge/jobs.log is a nightly batch log that is regenerated with random data every time the container starts. Each…
Programming - PIN Brute Force
/challenge/vault.json is a vault record that is regenerated with random data every time the container starts. It…
Programming - Hash Verification and Decryption
Analyze the evidence file artifact-manifest.json, which is generated randomly at every start. Each artifact…
Programming - Binary TLV Parsing
/challenge/capture.bin is a custom binary file that is regenerated with random data every time the container starts.…
Process Hunter - Hidden Process
A process named "secret_service" is running in the background. Find this process and get the following information: 1.…
Log Analysis - Find the Intruder
/app/auth.log contains authentication logs. Detect suspicious activity: - Identify the IP address with 10+ failed…
Compression Maze - Nested Archives
/app/flag.tar.gz is a nested compressed file. Decompress step by step: flag.tar.gz → flag.tar → flag.zip.bz2.gz →…
Regular Expressions - The One-Time Golden Glyph
Extract every KINO-four-digits-four-uppercase glyph from data.txt, identify the one occurring once, and submit it to…
Regex Master - Log File Analysis
The file /app/access.log contains thousands of access log entries. Extract all entries where the IP address starts…
Environment Variable Master - PATH Hijacking
There is a hidden command "getflag" in /app/secret_bin directory. However, this directory is not in PATH, so you…
Docker Forensics - Container Investigation
With no Docker daemon available, investigate the metadata of the image `registry.internal/kinoco-billing-api:2.4.1`:…
Find the Deleted API Key in Git History
/app/repo is a Git repository. A developer accidentally committed an API_KEY and removed it in a later commit. Inspect…
Python Automation - REST API Data Collection
A paginated local API runs in the container at `http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/records?page=N`. Walk every page until…
Python Automation - SQLite Database Analysis
Examine data.db (SQLite: users / orders / audit_log), created at every start. Aggregate orders per user_id with…
Python Automation - Custom Cipher Decryption
cipher.txt holds the flag encrypted with a custom cipher (hex). Encryption applies per byte: add (key), xor…
Python Automation - Encrypted ZIP Password Cracking
A new /challenge/secret.zip is created at every start. It contains flag.txt and readme.txt, encrypted with ZipCrypto.…
SQL Query Master - Complex Joins
The SQLite database `/challenge/company.db` has 3 tables: - employees (id, name, department_id, salary, email, note) -…
Web-21. Blind Injection in Secure User Search
This user search app only reports whether a username exists, without showing direct query results. Investigate whether…
Web-22. CSP Bypass on the Secure Comment Board
This comment board is protected by a Content Security Policy restricting script execution to the site itself and a…
Web-23. Type Juggling in the Secure Authentication System
This login portal supports form login, a JSON API login, and a verification-code check. The admin account's real…
Web-24. Exploiting a Race Condition in Secure Bank
Secure Bank lets users spend a coin balance on shop prizes. If the balance check and the deduction happen as two…
Web-25. SSTI in the Greeting Card Generator
This greeting card generator is built with Flask/Jinja2 and renders the user's message directly through the template…
Algorithms - BFS Shortest Path Through a Maze
Use BFS to find the shortest path from S to E in data.txt, then submit the UDLR move sequence to challenge.py. A…
System Call Tracing - strace Debugging
Analyze `/challenge/strace.log`, a strace recording of the source-less program `/app/mystery_program`. The program…