About Vulhub
Vulhub is an open-source collection of pre-built vulnerable docker environments. It's designed to be an easy-to-use platform for security researchers, educators, and students to learn about, practice, and teach vulnerability assessment and exploitation.
Our Mission
Our mission is to make security education accessible to everyone. By providing pre-built vulnerable environments, we aim to lower the barrier to entry for security research and education. We believe that understanding vulnerabilities is the first step to building more secure software.
Key Features
Docker Based
All environments are built with Docker and Docker Compose, making them easy to deploy and isolate.
Real Vulnerabilities
Practice with real-world vulnerabilities in a safe, controlled environment for learning and research.
Well Documented
Each vulnerability comes with detailed documentation explaining the vulnerability and exploitation steps.
Project History
Vulhub was created in 2017 by a group of security researchers who wanted to make it easier for people to learn about and practice exploiting vulnerabilities in a safe, controlled environment.
Since then, the project has grown to include over 100 different vulnerable environments, covering a wide range of technologies and vulnerability types. It has been used by thousands of security professionals, educators, and students around the world.
Our Team
phith0n
Project Lead
Ar3h
Founder of Java-Chains
小晨曦
Core Contributor
Contributing
Vulhub is an open-source project, and we welcome contributions from everyone. Whether you're fixing a bug, adding a new vulnerable environment, or improving documentation, your help is appreciated.
License
Vulhub is released under the MIT License. This means you are free to use, modify, and distribute the project, as long as you include the original copyright notice.
The MIT License
Copyright (c) 2017-2025, phith0n and Vulhub contributors
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.