# Impacket - **Canonical URI:** https://www.vioscale.ai/software/impacket - **Category:** Penetration Testing - **Homepage:** https://github.com/fortra/impacket - **Also known as:** impacket - **Profile claimed by vendor:** no - **Last updated:** 2026-08-26T19:57:53.759Z ## Vioscale score **42.5 / 100**, confidence 27% (low). Computed 2026-09-01. _(updating — computed under an earlier model version or past its freshness window.)_ Composite of weighted, independently-sourced signals (no user reviews, no vendor payment). | Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence present | |---|--:|--:|--:|:--:| | price_level | 100 | 0.052 | 5.2 | ✓ | | reliability | 0 | 0.073 | 0 | - | | capabilities | 0 | 0.084 | 0 | - | | repo_stars | 79.3 | 0.026 | 2.1 | ✓ | | integrations | 34.6 | 0.09355555555555557 | 3.2 | ✓ | | dependent_projects | 50.1 | 0.063 | 3.2 | ✓ | | dev_activity | 42.3 | 0.094 | 4 | ✓ | | release_cadence | 0 | 0.052 | 0 | ✓ | | security_posture | 0 | 0.073 | 0 | - | | package_downloads | 0 | 0.136 | 0 | - | | security_score | 0 | 0.042 | 0 | - | | pricing_transparency | 25 | 0.084 | 2.1 | ✓ | | community_qa_activity | 0 | 0.063 | 0 | - | ## Pricing _As of 2026-08-19, [verify at source](https://github.com/pricing). Independently observed._ Open source · Free tier ## About A Python library that enables developers to work with network protocols at a low level, supporting packet construction and parsing, with protocol implementations for SMB, MSRPC, LDAP, and other network communications. _Independently observed._ ## Platform & deployment - **Platforms:** CLI, macOS, Linux, Windows - **Deployment:** Self-hosted ## Integrations (15) _Independently observed._ - SMB1 - SMB2 - SMB3 - MSRPC - LDAP - MSSQL/TDS - RDP - Kerberos - NTLM - WMI - IPv4 - IPv6 - TCP - UDP - Ethernet ## Release history | Version | Date | Type | |---|---|---| | [impacket_0_13_1](https://github.com/fortra/impacket/releases/tag/impacket_0_13_1) | 2026-05-19 | stable | | [impacket_0_13_0](https://github.com/fortra/impacket/releases/tag/impacket_0_13_0) | 2025-10-22 | stable | | [impacket_0_12_0](https://github.com/fortra/impacket/releases/tag/impacket_0_12_0) | 2024-09-16 | stable | | [impacket_0_11_0](https://github.com/fortra/impacket/releases/tag/impacket_0_11_0) | 2023-08-03 | stable | | [impacket_0_10_0](https://github.com/fortra/impacket/releases/tag/impacket_0_10_0) | 2022-05-04 | stable | | [impacket_0_9_24](https://github.com/fortra/impacket/releases/tag/impacket_0_9_24) | 2021-10-27 | stable | | [impacket_0_9_23](https://github.com/fortra/impacket/releases/tag/impacket_0_9_23) | 2021-06-09 | stable | | [impacket_0_9_22](https://github.com/fortra/impacket/releases/tag/impacket_0_9_22) | 2020-11-23 | stable | | [impacket_0_9_21](https://github.com/fortra/impacket/releases/tag/impacket_0_9_21) | 2020-03-26 | stable | | [impacket_0_9_20](https://github.com/fortra/impacket/releases/tag/impacket_0_9_20) | 2019-09-25 | stable | | [impacket_0_9_19](https://github.com/fortra/impacket/releases/tag/impacket_0_9_19) | 2019-04-01 | stable | | [impacket_0_9_18](https://github.com/fortra/impacket/releases/tag/impacket_0_9_18) | 2018-12-05 | stable | | [impacket_0_9_17](https://github.com/fortra/impacket/releases/tag/impacket_0_9_17) | 2018-05-30 | stable | | [impacket_0_9_15](https://github.com/fortra/impacket/releases/tag/impacket_0_9_15) | 2016-06-28 | stable | | [impacket_0_9_14](https://github.com/fortra/impacket/releases/tag/impacket_0_9_14) | 2016-01-07 | stable | _… and 1 earlier release(s)._ ## Security & compliance Known vulnerabilities: 1 (0 in the last 12 months), max severity CRITICAL ([source](https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=impacket&per_page=100)). A count reflects scale and disclosure, not quality. ## Facts Every value below carries its source and our confidence. Facts are re-crawled on a freshness schedule. ### integrations | Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence | |---|---|---|---|---| | integrations.count | 15 | [link](https://github.com/pricing) | 2026-08-19 | 60% (medium) | ### market | Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence | |---|---|---|---|---| | market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | [link](https://github.com/pricing) | 2026-08-19 | 75% (high) | ### pricing | Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence | |---|---|---|---|---| | pricing.free_tier | yes | [link](https://github.com/pricing) | 2026-08-19 | 60% (medium) | | pricing.price_level | free | [link](https://github.com/pricing) | 2026-08-19 | 60% (medium) | | pricing.model | commercial | [link](https://github.com/fortra/impacket) | 2026-08-26 | 70% (medium) | ### activity | Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence | |---|---|---|---|---| | activity.commits_last_30d | 21 | [link](https://github.com/fortra/impacket/pulse) | 2026-08-26 | 65% (medium) | ### adoption | Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence | |---|---|---|---|---| | adoption.github_stars | 16,038 | [link](https://github.com/fortra/impacket) | 2026-08-26 | 90% (high) | | adoption.dependent_repos | 1,016 | [link](https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/packages/lookup?repository_url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Ffortra%2Fimpacket) | 2026-08-26 | 85% (high) | ### language | Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence | |---|---|---|---|---| | language.primary | Python | [link](https://github.com/fortra/impacket) | 2026-08-26 | 90% (high) | ### release | Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence | |---|---|---|---|---| | release.cadence_days | 198 | [link](https://github.com/fortra/impacket/releases) | 2026-08-26 | 70% (medium) | ### security | Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence | |---|---|---|---|---| | security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":1,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=impacket&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":"CRITICAL"}` | [link](https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=impacket&per_page=100) | 2026-08-26 | 90% (high) | --- *Source: Vioscale (https://www.vioscale.ai/software/impacket). 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