Reddish

Verified writeups for the Reddish machine of Hack The Box

Reddish

$ tldr Node-Red RCE → Redis pivot → rsync + cron + disk mount

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Operating system	Linux
Difficulty	Insane
Vector	Linux privesc
IP	10.10.10.94
Retirement date	2019-01-26
Skills	Abusing Node-Red Chisel & Socat Usage Redis-Cli Exploitation Rsync Abusing Cron Exploitation Disk Mount File Transfer Tips PIVOTING

Writeups

Language	Author	Format	Link
🇪🇸 ES	S4vitar	Vídeo	Open
🇬🇧 EN	0xdf	Texto	Open
🇬🇧 EN	IppSec	Vídeo	Open

Skill resources

Curated documentation for each technique listed in the Skills column above. Sources: HackTricks, GTFOBins, PortSwigger, etc.

Skill	Source	Link
Port Forwarding / Pivoting	HackTricks	Open

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Last updated: 2026-06-29