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HackerDNA CTF challenges are bite-sized, capture-the-flag puzzles covering cryptography, digital forensics, reverse engineering, web security, OSINT and steganography. Each challenge has a single flag to find, so you get fast, focused practice on one skill at a time.

New challenges are added regularly and range from beginner-friendly to genuinely hard. Sign up free to submit flags, earn XP and see how you rank against ethical hackers worldwide.

Difficulty
Name Attack Terminal Difficulty XP Players Rate Date
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XOR Reuse
Cryptography
No
Challenge
50
79
49%
30 Mar 2026
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Token Trust
Web & API Security
Yes
Challenge
50
58
69%
18 Feb 2026
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Fine Print
Digital Forensics & IR
No
Challenge
50
60
87%
09 Feb 2026
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Phantom Text
Digital Forensics & IR
No
Challenge
50
185
52%
03 Feb 2026
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Linux Fundamentals Practice
Security Fundamentals
Yes
Challenge
50
91
86%
03 Jan 2026
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Shadow Cracker
Cryptography
No
Challenge
50
87
67%
12 Nov 2025
No
Challenge
50
51
73%
05 Nov 2025
No
Challenge
50
46
65%
29 Oct 2025
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Regex Bypass to SQLi
Web & API Security
Yes
Challenge
50
30
57%
27 Oct 2025
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Git Exposed
Digital Forensics & IR
Yes
Challenge
50
39
59%
22 Oct 2025
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Backup Hunter
Web & API Security
No
Challenge
50
38
71%
17 Oct 2025
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Type Juggling Bypass
Web & API Security
Yes
Challenge
50
39
100%
13 Oct 2025
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Crack SHA1 Hash
Cryptography
No
Challenge
50
42
98%
09 Oct 2025
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Free
SQL Injection Test
Web & API Security
Yes
Challenge
50
316
71%
08 Oct 2025
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Free
Hack This Site
Reverse Engineering & Binary Exploitation
No
Challenge
50
203
73%
07 Oct 2025
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HTTP Smuggling
Digital Forensics & IR
No
Challenge
50
33
91%
06 Oct 2025
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Email Header Forensics
Digital Forensics & IR
No
Challenge
50
46
80%
03 Oct 2025
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SSRF Validator
Web & API Security
Yes
Challenge
50
28
86%
02 Oct 2025
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Vigenere Stego Hunt
Digital Forensics & IR
No
Challenge
50
28
82%
30 Sep 2025
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Simple Directory Traversal
Web & API Security
Yes
Challenge
50
28
89%
29 Sep 2025
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YAML Bomb
Web & API Security
Yes
Challenge
50
23
70%
26 Sep 2025
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WebDAV Explorer
Web & API Security
Yes
Challenge
50
22
86%
25 Sep 2025
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Prototype Pollution Hunter
Web & API Security
Yes
Challenge
50
28
61%
24 Sep 2025
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Race Condition Hunter
Web & API Security
Yes
Challenge
50
21
71%
23 Sep 2025
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IDOR Explorer
Web & API Security
Yes
Challenge
50
24
100%
22 Sep 2025
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Header Hijacker
Web & API Security
Yes
Challenge
50
24
92%
19 Sep 2025
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Corporate Directory Hunt
Web & API Security
Yes
Challenge
50
21
95%
18 Sep 2025
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File Include Bypass
Web & API Security
Yes
Challenge
50
23
83%
17 Sep 2025
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Cookie Forge
Web & API Security
Yes
Challenge
50
24
75%
16 Sep 2025
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Button Activator
Web & API Security
Yes
Challenge
50
29
83%
15 Sep 2025
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GraphQL Gateway
Web & API Security
Yes
Challenge
50
19
74%
12 Sep 2025
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DNS Tunneling Detective
Digital Forensics & IR
No
Challenge
50
33
82%
11 Sep 2025
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Caesar Shift Decoder
Cryptography
No
Challenge
50
39
79%
10 Sep 2025
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Registry Hijacker
Cloud Security
Yes
Challenge
50
24
92%
09 Sep 2025
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SUID Privilege Hunter
Privilege Escalation & Post-Exploitation
Yes
Challenge
50
24
75%
08 Sep 2025
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MongoDB Injector
Web & API Security
Yes
Challenge
50
25
84%
05 Sep 2025
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Redis Cache Poisoner
Web & API Security
Yes
Challenge
50
20
65%
04 Sep 2025
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LDAP Injector
Web & API Security
Yes
Challenge
50
23
91%
03 Sep 2025
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Template Injector
Web & API Security
Yes
Challenge
50
33
73%
29 Aug 2025
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IP Spoofing Admin
Web & API Security
Yes
Challenge
50
33
76%
28 Aug 2025
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WEP Cracker
Digital Forensics & IR
No
Challenge
50
48
58%
27 Aug 2025
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Registry Hunter
Reverse Engineering & Binary Exploitation
No
Challenge
50
31
84%
26 Aug 2025
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WiFi Password Cracker
Digital Forensics & IR
No
Challenge
50
41
51%
25 Aug 2025
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Book Cipher Challenge
Cryptography
No
Challenge
50
26
73%
22 Aug 2025
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Admin Portal Breach
Web & API Security
No
Challenge
50
45
84%
21 Aug 2025
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Git Secrets Hunter
Digital Forensics & IR
Yes
Challenge
50
38
71%
20 Aug 2025
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Corporate Backup Deserializer
Web & API Security
Yes
Challenge
50
28
64%
19 Aug 2025
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ZIP Cracker
Cryptography
No
Challenge
50
55
65%
18 Aug 2025
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KeePass Breaker
Cryptography
No
Challenge
50
28
71%
15 Aug 2025
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Template Injection
Web & API Security
Yes
Challenge
50
35
69%
14 Aug 2025
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PDF Password Cracker
Cryptography
No
Challenge
50
75
56%
13 Aug 2025
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Shell Command Scanner
Web & API Security
Yes
Challenge
50
31
74%
12 Aug 2025
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LFI Log Poison
Digital Forensics & IR
Yes
Challenge
50
38
61%
11 Aug 2025
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NoSQL Injection
Web & API Security
Yes
Challenge
50
31
81%
08 Aug 2025
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File Upload Bypass
Web & API Security
Yes
Challenge
50
32
66%
07 Aug 2025
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URL Scanner
Cloud Security
Yes
Challenge
50
33
88%
06 Aug 2025
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CSRF Bank Transfer
Web & API Security
Yes
Challenge
50
35
57%
05 Aug 2025
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XSS Playground
Web & API Security
Yes
Challenge
50
37
68%
04 Aug 2025
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JWT Claims Manipulation
Web & API Security
Yes
Challenge
50
28
68%
31 Jul 2025
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SQL Injection
Web & API Security
Yes
Challenge
50
43
74%
30 Jul 2025
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XXE Exposed
Web & API Security
Yes
Challenge
50
32
72%
29 Jul 2025
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JWT Algo Confusion
Web & API Security
Yes
Challenge
50
33
58%
28 Jul 2025
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JWT Bypass
Web & API Security
Yes
Challenge
50
34
71%
25 Jul 2025
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Free
Auth Bypass
Web & API Security
Yes
Challenge
50
155
64%
24 Jul 2025
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Free
Ping Pwn
Web & API Security
Yes
Challenge
50
112
66%
23 Jul 2025
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Free
Log Hunter
Digital Forensics & IR
No
Challenge
50
124
80%
22 Jul 2025
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API Logic Flaw
Web & API Security
Yes
Challenge
50
26
69%
21 Jul 2025
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Free
Path Traversal
Web & API Security
Yes
Challenge
50
123
78%
18 Jul 2025
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Flask Error
Web & API Security
Yes
Challenge
50
30
87%
17 Jul 2025
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Rail Fence
Cryptography
No
Challenge
50
29
83%
16 Jul 2025
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Sonic Cipher
Digital Forensics & IR
No
Challenge
50
26
77%
15 Jul 2025
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Pixel Puzzler
Digital Forensics & IR
No
Challenge
50
29
72%
14 Jul 2025
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PDF Trap
Digital Forensics & IR
No
Challenge
50
27
93%
11 Jul 2025
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Blockchain Secrets
Digital Forensics & IR
No
Challenge
50
29
90%
10 Jul 2025
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Corporate Breach 2
Web & API Security
Yes
Challenge
50
30
77%
09 Jul 2025
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Corporate Breach
Web & API Security
Yes
Challenge
50
23
83%
08 Jul 2025
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DNS Exfil
Digital Forensics & IR
No
Challenge
50
29
83%
07 Jul 2025
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Crypto Cipher
Cryptography
No
Challenge
50
28
68%
04 Jul 2025
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Session Switch
Web & API Security
Yes
Challenge
50
26
81%
03 Jul 2025
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Snapchat Exposed
Web & API Security
Yes
Challenge
50
25
84%
02 Jul 2025
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Red is Dead
Digital Forensics & IR
Yes
Challenge
50
30
80%
30 Jun 2025
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Memory Forensics
Reverse Engineering & Binary Exploitation
No
Challenge
50
25
80%
27 Jun 2025
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API Breaker
Web & API Security
Yes
Challenge
50
29
76%
26 Jun 2025
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QR Code Quest
Digital Forensics & IR
No
Challenge
50
28
79%
25 Jun 2025
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Base64 Detective
Web & API Security
No
Challenge
50
30
77%
24 Jun 2025
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Binary Secrets
Reverse Engineering & Binary Exploitation
No
Challenge
50
26
92%
23 Jun 2025
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Get the Password
Cryptography
No
Challenge
50
35
83%
20 Jun 2025
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Packet Pursuit
Digital Forensics & IR
No
Challenge
50
25
92%
19 Jun 2025
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Stego Hunt
Digital Forensics & IR
No
Challenge
50
33
91%
18 Jun 2025
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Hex Hunt
Web & API Security
No
Challenge
50
35
94%
17 Jun 2025
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