Use cases

Robotic Process Automation (RPA) for penetration testing

Leverage RPA to speed up your pentests by offloading80% of manual work to pentest robots

  • Specialized RPA built by pentesters

  • Fully controllable testing logic

  • Workflow continuity for chained scans

  • Drag & drop visual builder for pentest robots

  • Shared templates for consistency across engagements

  • Secure, fully managed RPA environment

Boost productivity & increase your accuracy with RPA-fueled pentesting

Offload tedious work to our pentest robots and make your entire workflow more efficient

Recon

  • Pre-built Domain Recon and Treasure Hunter pentest robots

  • Chain multiple info gathering tools

  • Automatically run follow-up scans for each web port discovered

  • Data aggregated in the Attack Surface

Vulnerability detection

  • Dedicated, editable pentest robots

  • Scan scheduling & scan completion alerts - no manual check-in required

  • Automated successive scans based on conditions that match your testing stages

  • No waiting times between scans

Vuln analysis & exploitation

  • Ready-to-use exploitation pentest robot (e.g. Auto HTTP Login Bruteforcer)

  • Rich customization options when building your own pentest robots

  • Visual editor with drag & drop option to chain tools and logic blocks that replicate your pentesting workflow

What is Robotic Process Automation (RPA)?

Robotic Process Automation is the tech we built into Pentest-Tools.com so you can easily create, customize, and use pentest robots that replicate your repetitive actions and workflows.

Automate penetration testing grunt work with Pentest Robots

Robotic Process Automation is not meant to replace humans. It’s meant to perform clearly defined tasks for them. RPA frees pentesters from tedious manual work that involves repetition and steps that are linked together (e.g. starting one scan after another).

We know you’re wondering and no, RPA is not AI. This type of automation is closer to Scratch. It has obvious limitations but this is actually what makes it a goldmine for security teams.

How does RPA for penetration testing work?

RPA makes it very easy to automatically run a sequence of actions you define in the form of pentest robots.

With these, you can reliably chain and automate tasks such as subdomain discovery, port scanning, fingerprinting, and a lot more.

Use the visual editor to combine tool blocks and logic blocks, tweaking settings for each scanner as you need.

Once deployed, pentest robots interact with target systems, scan them, capture data, and trigger responses based on the conditions you set. The resulting findings instantly populate the Attack Surface view and your pentest reports.

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How is RPA different from other automation tools in pentesting?

Penetration testing tools have come a long way and many boast automation capabilities. Some even want to replace humans – a cliché we fiercely oppose.

The problem is most automation solutions out there tend to be quite inflexible and noisy. Their lack of customization options gives pentesters the chills.

Controlled testing is what you need and we know that. With RPA, we deliver a much more targeted approach to pentest automation.

Pentest robots are replicable testing flows with clearly defined rules that you set. You control their behavior from start to finish which helps avoid the risk of accidental damage.

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Why should I use RPA in my pentest engagements?

Whether you’re an independent pentester or part of a security team, pentest robots help you apply your knowledge and expertise at scale.

By automating time-intensive, lower-value tasks you make time for more impactful, strategic work that helps you over-deliver and impress.

Personal gains

  • Major time-savings

  • Productivity boost

  • More time for creative, rewarding work

  • Stronger focus on complex vulns

  • Alignment with your team

  • Less draining manual work

Business wins

  • Fast ROI

  • Works for senior and junior pentesters

  • Higher job satisfaction

  • Process consistency across teams

  • Scalability at every business stage

  • Compliance-ready audit trail

How do I start using RPA for penetration testing?

If you’re ready to automate as much as 80% of your pentesting tasks so you can focus your expertise on the 20% that makes all the difference, here’s how to get started.

  1. 1

    Choose a plan that includes access to our pentest robots.

  2. 2

    In your dashboard, go to Targets and choose Scan with Robot, selecting the pre-built robot that suits your needs.

  3. 3

    Sit back and watch it do your work for you, as Findings accumulate in your dashboard and your Attack Surface view starts to develop.

  4. 4

    Once you get familiar with them, you can build your own pentest robots under Automation/Robots.

Not sure if RPA for pentesting is for you?

Watch this walkthrough by our founder, Adrian Furtuna, from our launch at Black Hat Europe 2020:

Pentest Robots - Automate your pentesting flows and remove 80% of manual work

What are the limitations of RPA for penetration testing?

RPA is not the solution to all your problems. There’s a limit to how much RPA-based pentest robots can mimic human actions – and that’s a good thing.

This gives you control and keeps automated actions contained to the testing stages and tasks you choose.

Full transparency: for the moment, you can use a selection of tools from the platform to build pentest robots - Find Subdomains, URL Fuzzer, Website Recon, Website Scanner, Port Scanner, Password Auditor.

In future platform updates we’ll make other tools and scanners on Pentest-Tools.com available in the Robot Design Studio, so keep an eye on them.

FAQs

Changelog

Latest Pentest Robots updates

  • Pentest-Tools.com is ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified

    We protect your findings with the same rigor we use to find them.

    This certification validates that your data is governed by a continuously reviewed system of security controls covering access management, risk assessment, incident response, physical security, and asset management.

    For your team, this means audited, third-party proof of our security practices, helping reduce friction during vendor reviews and procurement assessments.

    👉 See our certification 👈

  • Detection & exploit validation for Ivanti EPMM RCE (CVE-2026-1281)

    We added detection for CVE-2026-1281 (Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile RCE) into the Network Vulnerability Scanner and paired it with exploit validation in Sniper.

    Why it matters

    Unauthenticated. Remote. Full server compromise.

    CVE-2026-1281 allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands on exposed Ivanti EPMM servers without credentials. Public reporting confirms active exploitation, and proof-of-concept code is available.

    Because EPMM servers often integrate with identity systems and manage mobile fleets, compromise can provide attackers with a direct path into enterprise infrastructure.

    How to use

    Detect exposed Ivanti EPMM instances with the Network Scanner → validate exploitability with controlled proof-of-concept execution in Sniper → re-scan after patching to confirm remediation

  • Exclusive exploit for GNU Inetutils Telnetd (CVE-2026-24061)

    We added an exclusive exploit for CVE-2026-24061 (GNU Inetutils Telnetd) into Sniper and paired it with Network Scanner detection, available exclusively to Pentest-Tools.com customers.

    Why it matters

    This critical authentication bypass (CVSS 9.8) lets unauthenticated attackers gain immediate root access via a malicious USER environment variable. With over 200,000 instances exposed globally, it is a high-impact target for mass exploitation against legacy and embedded systems.

    How to use

    Detect with the Network Scanner → validate the risk with a one-click proof-of-concept in Sniper → check for forensic traces of exploitation to assist your post-compromise hunting. 

  • Scan logs now show when a new finding is detected

    The Website Scanner and API Scanner already display findings while the scan runs. Scan logs now also record the exact moment when a new finding is added directly in the console output.

    This provides a more granular, step-by-step view of discovery as the scan progresses.

    Why this matters:

    • See the precise moment a vulnerability is identified during longer scans

    • Correlate findings with specific scan phases or payloads

    • Troubleshoot unexpected behavior with additional context

    • Gain better traceability in API-driven or automated workflows

    For teams running continuous or automated testing, this adds clearer operational insight during the scan itself, not only after it finishes.

  • Detection added for Redis CVE-2025-62507

    The Network Vulnerability Scanner now detects CVE-2025-62507, a remote code execution vulnerability affecting Redis.

    This check helps identify Redis instances that may be exposed to this vulnerability, particularly in internet-facing deployments or misconfigured internal environments.

    Why this matters:

    • Identify Redis servers vulnerable to remote code execution

    • Detect exposed or improperly configured Redis deployments

    • Prioritize remediation for systems reachable from external networks

    • Add coverage for Redis environments in continuous network scanning

    If you run Redis in production or development environments, this detection helps you quickly assess potential exposure.

    👉 Know your Redis exposure

  • Allow filtering /scans API requests by tool

    You can now filter scan results by tool ID when calling the GET /scans endpoint.

    This update allows you to combine tool and start_time filters to return only the scans you care about, making it easier to work with large scan histories and automate downstream workflows.

    Use this to:
    • Build tool-specific dashboards
    • Generate targeted reports
    • Reduce post-processing in API consumers

    👉 See the updated API documentation 👈