SquidC5

A SquidSec Open Source Project
SquidOffense.com / GitHub / Docs

Command / Control / Cognitive / Collaborative / Coordination

Security-first, AI-native C5 teamserver for authorized red team and penetration testing. Built by SquidSec.

Authorized use only. Unauthorized access is illegal.

What C5 means

Pillar	Role
Command	Tasking shells, beacons, native implants
Control	Scoped tokens, policy, HITL, feature flags
Cognitive	INKO (Intelligent Neural Kinetic Operator) + sandboxed Admin AI + restricted MCP
Collaborative	Teams, handoff, per-operator audit
Coordination	Profiles, OAST, timeline, reports

Features

• Scoped API tokens + immutable audit hash chain (sc5 audit-verify)
• Dual AI - MCP off by default; INKO neural operator chat (connection + model switcher, railed tools) + Admin AI capabilities; optional local Ollama
• Native implant - agents/sc5beacon (Go): AEAD, sleep/jitter/kill/hours, files, SOCKS reverse-dial
• Implant factory - sc5 implants build / POST /api/v1/implants/build
• Malleable C2 profiles - Ops Profiles page; transforms (base64, prepend/append, xor, netbios) + profile push
• Artifacts - save/reuse payloads, custom templates, and generated assets in Ops
• OAST Collaborator - DNS / HTTP / SMTP out-of-band hit capture (sc5 oast)
• TLS certificate library - Admin PEM upload/activate (restart to serve)
• SOCKS5 pivot - operator proxy with implant reverse-dial duplex or direct mode
• File ops - file:list|read|write|delete (+ chunk offset/length)
• Engagement ROE - banned commands, end time, HITL file-write
• Multi-op collab - session claim/lock, handoff packs, spectator, presence, team chat, per-op audit
• Ops console - multi-page nav (Sessions, Listeners, Payloads, Profiles, Artifacts, Post-Ex, Collab, INKO, Observe, Admin), mobile drawer, INKO flyout, resizable dock
• Secure defaults - TLS on, empty CORS (no null), no public OpenAPI, admin.js gated, MCP scoped+HITL, implant AEAD on all listeners
• Binary CI - Linux/Windows server+CLI, native agents, SBOM

Quick start (Docker lab)

docker compose up --build -d
curl -sk https://127.0.0.1:8443/api/v1/health
docker compose exec squidc5 cat /data/admin_token.txt
# Ops UI: https://127.0.0.1:8443/ops

Quick start (local)

python3 -m venv .venv && source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements-dev.txt && pip install -e .
squidc5
# token: data/admin_token.txt

Binaries

Every push to master builds and releases:

https://github.com/SquidSec/SquidC5/releases/latest

Asset	Role
squidc5-linux-x64	Teamserver
sc5-linux-x64	Operator CLI
sc5beacon-* (CI artifact)	Native implant
SHA256SUMS.txt / sbom.cdx.json	Integrity

chmod +x squidc5-linux-x64 && ./squidc5-linux-x64
./sc5-linux-x64 login --url https://HOST:8443 --token sc5_... --insecure

Prod deploy: binary only from main CI. See docs/deployment.md.

Operator CLI

sc5 login --url https://HOST:8443 --token sc5_... --insecure
sc5 sessions list
sc5 implants build --os linux --arch amd64 C2_HOST 8443
sc5 policy hitl list
sc5 audit-verify
sc5 backup ./backup.db
sc5 ai opsec_review --data "listeners on 443"

Native beacon

cd agents/sc5beacon && go mod tidy && go build -o sc5beacon .
export SC5_URL="https://C2:8443/api/v1/implant/beacon"
export SC5_PSK="$(cat /path/to/data/implant_psk.txt)"
./sc5beacon # TLS verifies system CAs (use real cert or lab CA)

Docs: agents/sc5beacon/README.md

API (selected)

Area	Path
Health	GET /api/v1/health / GET /api/v1/health/deep
Implant build	POST /api/v1/implants/build
File ops	POST /api/v1/files/op
SOCKS	POST /api/v1/pivot/socks
Profile push	POST /api/v1/profiles/{id}/push
Engagement	GET/PUT /api/v1/engagement
HITL	GET /api/v1/policy/hitl
Audit verify	GET /api/v1/audit/verify
INKO chat (ops)	POST /api/v1/ai/chat / GET /api/v1/ai/tools
Admin AI capabilities	POST /api/v1/ai/run / GET /api/v1/ai/status
LLM connections	GET/POST /api/v1/llm / PATCH /api/v1/llm/{id} / POST /api/v1/llm/models
Assets / artifacts	GET/POST/DELETE /api/v1/assets
OAST	POST /api/v1/oast/tokens / GET /api/v1/oast/hits
TLS cert library	GET/POST /api/v1/tls/certs / activate

Auth: Authorization: Bearer <token>. No public OpenAPI on the server.

Documentation

Docs follow Diátaxis: tutorials & how-tos (runbook/deploy), reference (user guide + AGENTS), explanation (vision/threat model). Full catalog: docs/README.md.

Doc	Link
Docs index	docs/README.md
User guide	docs/user-guide.md
Operator runbook	docs/operator-runbook.md
Deployment	docs/deployment.md
Threat model	docs/threat-model.md
Vision	docs/squidc5-vision.md
Roadmap 2026-2027	docs/roadmap-2026-2027.md
Five-star program	docs/roadmap-five-star.md
Prod readiness	docs/prod-readiness-plan.md
Changelog	CHANGELOG.md
Contributing	CONTRIBUTING.md
Security	SECURITY.md
Agents (CLI + AI memory)	AGENTS.md

Configuration

See .env.example. Prefix SQUIDC5_.

Variable	Default	Notes
TLS_ENABLED	true	HTTPS
MCP_ENABLED	false	External AI tools
IMPLANT_REQUIRE_AUTH	true	AEAD beacons
LOCAL_LLM_ENABLED	false	Opt-in Ollama path
LOCAL_LLM_BASE_URL	http://127.0.0.1:11434/v1	Ollama-compatible
LOCAL_LLM_MODEL	llama3.2	Model id when enabled
RATE_LIMIT_PER_MINUTE	60	Raise for ops UI (e.g. 600)
PUBLIC_HOST	empty	Stage-2 / SOCKS data host

Security model

1. Deny by default / scoped tokens / server-side HITL
2. INKO / Admin AI: capability + chat-tool allow-lists, sanitize_untrusted, audited tool calls
3. Implant AEAD / no skip-verify in native agent
4. Audit chain + verify / engagement ROE
5. SquidGate on PRs

Development

pytest -q
ruff check src tests
# optional: cd agents/sc5beacon && go build .

Git cycle: feature branch -> tests -> PR -> green CI -> merge master. Never push straight to master.

About SquidSec

SquidSec - U.S. veteran-owned security. Sister project: SquidGate.

License

MIT - LICENSE.

Disclaimer

For authorized security testing and education only. Authors are not responsible for misuse.