# Install exploitdb

Database of public exploits and corresponding vulnerable software. Version 2026-06-09 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-09.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:exploitdb
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install exploitdb
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install exploitdb
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: security/exploitdb/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#exploitdb
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ex/exploitdb/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S exploitdb
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: exploitdb from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:exploitdb
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/exploitdb>
- **Version:** 2026-06-09
- **Source summary:** Database of public exploits and corresponding vulnerable software
- **Homepage:** <https://www.exploit-db.com/>
- **Repository:** <https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb>
- **License:** GPL-2.0-or-later
- **Source archive:** <https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb.git>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-09T04:16:39Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- searchsploit (cli)
- searchsploit (alias)

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 2026-06-09
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-09
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://www.exploit-db.com/
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.

## セキュリティノート

escape, surveillance, or offensive capability signal.

- **Geiger risk:** red / medium
- escape, surveillance, or offensive capability signal

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** exploitdb
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - exploitdb: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ex/exploitdb/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- pacman - exploitdb - 20260522-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: exploitdb from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Offensive Security’s Exploit Database Archive | https://www.exploit-db.com/
- MacPorts - exploitdb: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: security/exploitdb/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


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## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph