The latest build of SharpHound will always be found here.
To determine the SharpHound version compatible with a deployed BloodHound CE instance, login to BloodHound CE's web UI and click on ⚙️ (Settings) → Download Collectors. Then, click either the "Download SharpHound" button in the user interface or use the displayed SharpHound version to download the appropriate release binary. Alternatively, compile a SharpHound binary from the corresponding release commit.
To build this project, use .net 5.0 and run the following:
dotnet restore .
dotnet build
SharpHound is designed targeting .Net 4.6.2. SharpHound must be run from the context of a domain user, either directly through a logon or through another method such as RUNAS.
dotnet restore .
dotnet build
The listing below details the CLI arguments SharpHound supports. Additional details about these options can be found in the BloodHound CE Collection documentation.
-c, --collectionmethods (Default: Default) Collection Methods: Container, Group, LocalGroup, GPOLocalGroup,
Session, LoggedOn, ObjectProps, ACL, ComputerOnly, Trusts, Default, RDP, DCOM, DCOnly, UserRights, CARegistry, DCRegistry, CertServices
-d, --domain Specify domain to enumerate
-s, --searchforest (Default: false) Search all available domains in the forest
--stealth Stealth Collection (Prefer DCOnly whenever possible!)
-f Add an LDAP filter to the pregenerated filter.
--distinguishedname Base DistinguishedName to start the LDAP search at
--computerfile Path to file containing computer names to enumerate
--outputdirectory (Default: .) Directory to output file too
--outputprefix String to prepend to output file names
--cachename Filename for cache (Defaults to a machine specific identifier)
--memcache Keep cache in memory and don't write to disk
--rebuildcache (Default: false) Rebuild cache and remove all entries
--randomfilenames (Default: false) Use random filenames for output
--zipfilename Filename for the zip
--nozip (Default: false) Don't zip files
--trackcomputercalls (Default: false) Adds a CSV tracking requests to computers
--zippassword Password protects the zip with the specified password
--prettyprint (Default: false) Pretty print JSON
--ldapusername Username for LDAP
--ldappassword Password for LDAP
--ldapenvusername Username for LDAP stored in a defined environment variable (argument takes the environment variable as input)
--ldapenvpassword Password for LDAP stored in a defined environment variable (argument takes the environment variable as input)
--ldapcredentialsjsonpath Path argument for a json file containing {"Username": "xxxx", "Password": "xxxx"} to be used instead of --ldapusername and --ldappassword
--domaincontroller Override domain controller to pull LDAP from. This option can result in data loss
--ldapport (Default: 0) Override port for LDAP
--secureldap (Default: false) Connect to LDAP SSL instead of regular LDAP
--disablecertverification (Default: false) Disable certificate verification for secure LDAP
--disablesigning (Default: false) Disables Kerberos Signing/Sealing
--skipportcheck (Default: false) Skip checking if 445 is open
--portchecktimeout (Default: 500) Timeout for port checks in milliseconds
--skippasswordcheck (Default: false) Skip PwdLastSet age check when checking computers
--excludedcs (Default: false) Exclude domain controllers from session/localgroup enumeration (mostly for
ATA/ATP)
--throttle Add a delay after computer requests in milliseconds
--jitter Add jitter to throttle (percent)
--threads (Default: 50) Number of threads to run enumeration with
--skipregistryloggedon Skip registry session enumeration
--overrideusername Override the username to filter for NetSessionEnum
--realdnsname Override DNS suffix for API calls
--collectallproperties Collect all LDAP properties from objects
-l, --Loop Loop computer collection
--loopduration Loop duration (hh:mm:ss - 05:00:00 is 5 hours, default: 2 hrs)
--loopinterval Add delay between loops (hh:mm:ss - 00:03:00 is 3 minute)
--statusinterval (Default: 30000) Interval in which to display status in milliseconds
--localadminsessionenum Specify if you want to use a dedicated LOCAL user for session enumeration
--localadminusername Specify the username of the localadmin for session enumeration
--localadminpassword Specify the password of the localadmin for session enumeration
-v (Default: 2) Enable verbose output. Lower is more verbose
--help Display this help screen.
--version Display version information.