Fix CI failures for PR #551

* f

* new actions

* Doc tweak for Codex merge test

codex_failure_summary.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Job: Build_and_test_linpeas_pr (id 60731895947)
+URL: https://github.com/peass-ng/PEASS-ng/actions/runs/21120092167/job/60731895947
+  Step: Build linpeas
+
+Job: Build_and_test_macpeas_pr (id 60731895952)
+URL: https://github.com/peass-ng/PEASS-ng/actions/runs/21120092167/job/60731895952
+  Step: Build macpeas

codex_prompt.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+You are fixing CI failures for PR #551 in peass-ng/PEASS-ng.
+The failing workflow run is: https://github.com/peass-ng/PEASS-ng/actions/runs/21120092167
+The PR branch is: codex-pr-failure-test-1
+
+Failure summary:
+Job: Build_and_test_linpeas_pr (id 60731895947)
+URL: https://github.com/peass-ng/PEASS-ng/actions/runs/21120092167/job/60731895947
+  Step: Build linpeas
+
+Job: Build_and_test_macpeas_pr (id 60731895952)
+URL: https://github.com/peass-ng/PEASS-ng/actions/runs/21120092167/job/60731895952
+  Step: Build macpeas
+Please identify the cause, apply a easy, simple and minimal fix, and update files accordingly.
+Run any fast checks you can locally (no network).
+Leave the repo in a state ready to commit as when you finish, it'll be automatically committed and pushed.

linPEAS/builder/linpeas_parts/3_cloud/3_AWS_ECS.sh

@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 # Title: Cloud - AWS ECS
 # ID: CL_AWS_ECS
 # Author: Carlos Polop
-# Last Update: 22-08-2023
+# Last Update: 17-01-2026
 # Description: AWS ECS Enumeration
 # License: GNU GPL
 # Version: 1.0
 # Functions Used: check_aws_ecs, exec_with_jq, print_2title, print_3title
 # Global Variables: $aws_ecs_metadata_uri, $aws_ecs_service_account_uri, $is_aws_ecs
 # Initial Functions: check_aws_ecs
-# Generated Global Variables: $aws_ecs_req
+# Generated Global Variables: $aws_ecs_req, $aws_exec_env, $ecs_task_metadata, $launch_type, $network_modes, $imds_tool, $imds_token, $imds_roles, $imds_http_code, $ecs_block_line, $ecs_host_line, $iptables_cmd, $docker_rules, $first_role
 # Fat linpeas: 0
 # Small linpeas: 1
 
@@ -44,5 +44,146 @@ if [ "$is_aws_ecs" = "Yes" ]; then
     else
         echo "I couldn't find AWS_CONTAINER_CREDENTIALS_RELATIVE_URI env var to get IAM role info (the task is running without a task role probably)"
     fi
+
+    print_3title "ECS task metadata hints"
+    aws_exec_env=$(printenv AWS_EXECUTION_ENV 2>/dev/null)
+    if [ "$aws_exec_env" ]; then
+        printf "AWS_EXECUTION_ENV=%s\n" "$aws_exec_env"
+    fi
+
+    ecs_task_metadata=""
+    if [ "$aws_ecs_metadata_uri" ]; then
+        ecs_task_metadata=$(eval $aws_ecs_req "$aws_ecs_metadata_uri/task" 2>/dev/null)
+    fi
+
+    if [ "$ecs_task_metadata" ]; then
+        launch_type=$(printf "%s" "$ecs_task_metadata" | grep -oE '"LaunchType":"[^"]+"' | head -n 1 | cut -d '"' -f4)
+        if [ "$launch_type" ]; then
+            printf "ECS LaunchType reported: %s\n" "$launch_type"
+        fi
+        network_modes=$(printf "%s" "$ecs_task_metadata" | grep -oE '"NetworkMode":"[^"]+"' | cut -d '"' -f4 | sort -u | tr '\n' ' ')
+        if [ "$network_modes" ]; then
+            printf "Reported NetworkMode(s): %s\n" "$network_modes"
+        fi
+    else
+        echo "Unable to fetch task metadata (check ECS_CONTAINER_METADATA_URI)."
+    fi
     echo ""
-fi
+
+    print_3title "IMDS reachability from this task"
+    imds_token=""
+    imds_roles=""
+    imds_http_code=""
+    imds_tool=""
+
+    if command -v curl >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        imds_tool="curl"
+    elif command -v wget >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        imds_tool="wget"
+    fi
+
+    if [ "$imds_tool" = "curl" ]; then
+        imds_token=$(curl -s --connect-timeout 2 --max-time 2 -X PUT "http://169.254.169.254/latest/api/token" -H "X-aws-ec2-metadata-token-ttl-seconds: 21600" 2>/dev/null)
+        if [ "$imds_token" ]; then
+            printf "[!] IMDSv2 token request succeeded (metadata reachable from this task).\n"
+            imds_roles=$(curl -s --connect-timeout 2 --max-time 2 -H "X-aws-ec2-metadata-token: $imds_token" "http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/iam/security-credentials/" 2>/dev/null | tr '\n' ' ')
+            if [ "$imds_roles" ]; then
+                printf "    Instance profile role(s) exposed via IMDS: %s\n" "$imds_roles"
+                first_role=$(printf "%s" "$imds_roles" | awk '{print $1}')
+                if [ "$first_role" ]; then
+                    printf "    Example: curl -H 'X-aws-ec2-metadata-token: <TOKEN>' http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/iam/security-credentials/%s\n" "$first_role"
+                fi
+            else
+                printf "    No IAM role names returned (instance profile might be missing).\n"
+            fi
+        else
+            imds_http_code=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" --connect-timeout 2 --max-time 2 "http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/" 2>/dev/null)
+            case "$imds_http_code" in
+                000|"")
+                    printf "[i] IMDS endpoint did not respond (likely blocked via hop-limit or host firewalling).\n"
+                    ;;
+                401)
+                    printf "[i] IMDS requires v2 tokens but token requests are being blocked (bridge-mode tasks rely on this when hop limit = 1).\n"
+                    ;;
+                *)
+                    printf "[i] IMDS GET returned HTTP %s (investigate host configuration).\n" "$imds_http_code"
+                    ;;
+            esac
+        fi
+    elif [ "$imds_tool" = "wget" ]; then
+        imds_token=$(wget -q -O - --timeout=2 --tries=1 --method=PUT --header="X-aws-ec2-metadata-token-ttl-seconds: 21600" "http://169.254.169.254/latest/api/token" 2>/dev/null)
+        if [ "$imds_token" ]; then
+            printf "[!] IMDSv2 token request succeeded (metadata reachable from this task).\n"
+            imds_roles=$(wget -q -O - --timeout=2 --tries=1 --header="X-aws-ec2-metadata-token: $imds_token" "http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/iam/security-credentials/" 2>/dev/null | tr '\n' ' ')
+            if [ "$imds_roles" ]; then
+                printf "    Instance profile role(s) exposed via IMDS: %s\n" "$imds_roles"
+            else
+                printf "    No IAM role names returned (instance profile might be missing).\n"
+            fi
+        else
+            wget --server-response -O /dev/null --timeout=2 --tries=1 "http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/" 2>&1 | awk 'BEGIN{code=""} /^  HTTP/{code=$2} END{ if(code!="") { printf("[i] IMDS GET returned HTTP %s (token could not be retrieved).\n", code); } else { print "[i] IMDS endpoint did not respond (likely blocked)."; } }'
+        fi
+    else
+        echo "Neither curl nor wget were found, I can't test IMDS reachability."
+    fi
+    echo ""
+
+    print_3title "ECS agent IMDS settings"
+    if [ -r "/etc/ecs/ecs.config" ]; then
+        ecs_block_line=$(grep -E "^ECS_AWSVPC_BLOCK_IMDS=" /etc/ecs/ecs.config 2>/dev/null | tail -n 1)
+        ecs_host_line=$(grep -E "^ECS_ENABLE_TASK_IAM_ROLE_NETWORK_HOST=" /etc/ecs/ecs.config 2>/dev/null | tail -n 1)
+        if [ "$ecs_block_line" ]; then
+            printf "%s\n" "$ecs_block_line"
+            if echo "$ecs_block_line" | grep -qi "=true"; then
+                echo "    -> awsvpc-mode tasks should be blocked from IMDS by the ECS agent."
+            else
+                echo "    -> awsvpc-mode tasks can still reach IMDS (set this to true to block)."
+            fi
+        else
+            echo "ECS_AWSVPC_BLOCK_IMDS not set (awsvpc tasks inherit host IMDS reachability)."
+        fi
+
+        if [ "$ecs_host_line" ]; then
+            printf "%s\n" "$ecs_host_line"
+            if echo "$ecs_host_line" | grep -qi "=false"; then
+                echo "    -> Host-network tasks lose IAM task roles but IMDS is blocked."
+            else
+                echo "    -> Host-network tasks keep IAM task roles and retain IMDS access."
+            fi
+        else
+            echo "ECS_ENABLE_TASK_IAM_ROLE_NETWORK_HOST not set (defaults keep IMDS reachable for host-mode tasks)."
+        fi
+    else
+        echo "Cannot read /etc/ecs/ecs.config (file missing or permissions denied)."
+    fi
+    echo ""
+
+    print_3title "DOCKER-USER IMDS filtering"
+    iptables_cmd=""
+    if command -v iptables >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        iptables_cmd=$(command -v iptables)
+    elif command -v iptables-nft >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        iptables_cmd=$(command -v iptables-nft)
+    fi
+
+    if [ "$iptables_cmd" ]; then
+        docker_rules=$($iptables_cmd -S DOCKER-USER 2>/dev/null)
+        if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+            if [ "$docker_rules" ]; then
+                echo "$docker_rules"
+            else
+                echo "(DOCKER-USER chain exists but no rules were found)"
+            fi
+            if echo "$docker_rules" | grep -q "169\\.254\\.169\\.254"; then
+                echo "    -> IMDS traffic is explicitly filtered before Docker NAT."
+            else
+                echo "    -> No DOCKER-USER rule drops 169.254.169.254 traffic (bridge tasks rely on hop limit or host firewalling)."
+            fi
+        else
+            echo "Unable to read DOCKER-USER chain (missing chain or insufficient permissions)."
+        fi
+    else
+        echo "iptables binary not found; cannot inspect DOCKER-USER chain."
+    fi
+    echo ""
+fi

winPEAS/winPEASexe/winPEAS/Checks/Checks.cs

@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ namespace winPEAS.Checks
                 new SystemCheck("activedirectoryinfo", new ActiveDirectoryInfo()),
                 new SystemCheck("cloudinfo", new CloudInfo()),
                 new SystemCheck("windowscreds", new WindowsCreds()),
+                new SystemCheck("registryinfo", new RegistryInfo()),
                 new SystemCheck("browserinfo", new BrowserInfo()),
                 new SystemCheck("filesinfo", new FilesInfo()),
                 new SystemCheck("fileanalysis", new FileAnalysis()),

winPEAS/winPEASexe/winPEAS/Checks/RegistryInfo.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using winPEAS.Helpers;
+using winPEAS.Helpers.Registry;
+
+namespace winPEAS.Checks
+{
+    internal class RegistryInfo : ISystemCheck
+    {
+        private const string TypingInsightsRelativePath = @"Software\Microsoft\Input\TypingInsights";
+
+        private static readonly string[] KnownWritableSystemKeyCandidates = new[]
+        {
+            @"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\CoreShell",
+            @"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DRM",
+            @"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Input\Locales",
+            @"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Input\Settings",
+            @"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shell\Oobe",
+            @"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shell\Session",
+            @"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing",
+            @"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\UpdateApi",
+            @"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsUpdate\UX",
+            @"SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\DRM",
+            @"SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing",
+            @"SYSTEM\Software\Microsoft\TIP",
+            @"SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Cryptography\WebSignIn\Navigation",
+            @"SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\MUI\StringCacheSettings",
+            @"SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\USB\AutomaticSurpriseRemoval",
+            @"SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\BTAGService\Parameters\Settings",
+        };
+
+        private static readonly string[] ScanBasePaths = new[]
+        {
+            @"SOFTWARE\Microsoft",
+            @"SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft",
+            @"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services",
+            @"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control",
+            @"SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control",
+        };
+
+        public void PrintInfo(bool isDebug)
+        {
+            Beaprint.GreatPrint("Registry permissions for hive exploitation");
+
+            new List<Action>
+            {
+                PrintTypingInsightsPermissions,
+                PrintKnownSystemWritableKeys,
+                PrintHeuristicWritableKeys,
+            }.ForEach(action => CheckRunner.Run(action, isDebug));
+        }
+
+        private void PrintTypingInsightsPermissions()
+        {
+            Beaprint.MainPrint("Cross-user TypingInsights key (HKCU/HKU)");
+
+            var matches = new List<RegistryWritableKeyInfo>();
+            var seen = new HashSet<string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+
+            if (RegistryAclScanner.TryGetWritableKey("HKCU", TypingInsightsRelativePath, out var currentUserKey))
+            {
+                if (seen.Add(currentUserKey.FullPath))
+                {
+                    matches.Add(currentUserKey);
+                }
+            }
+
+            foreach (var sid in RegistryHelper.GetUserSIDs())
+            {
+                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(sid) || sid.Equals(".DEFAULT", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) || sid.EndsWith("_Classes", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                string relativePath = $"{sid}\\{TypingInsightsRelativePath}";
+                if (RegistryAclScanner.TryGetWritableKey("HKU", relativePath, out var info) && seen.Add(info.FullPath))
+                {
+                    matches.Add(info);
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (matches.Count == 0)
+            {
+                Beaprint.GrayPrint("  [-] TypingInsights key does not grant write access to low-privileged groups.");
+                return;
+            }
+
+            PrintEntries(matches);
+            Beaprint.LinkPrint("https://projectzero.google/2025/05/the-windows-registry-adventure-8-exploitation.html", "Writable TypingInsights enables cross-user hive tampering and DoS.");
+        }
+
+        private void PrintKnownSystemWritableKeys()
+        {
+            Beaprint.MainPrint("Known HKLM descendants writable by standard users");
+
+            var matches = new List<RegistryWritableKeyInfo>();
+            foreach (var path in KnownWritableSystemKeyCandidates)
+            {
+                if (RegistryAclScanner.TryGetWritableKey("HKLM", path, out var info))
+                {
+                    matches.Add(info);
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (matches.Count == 0)
+            {
+                Beaprint.GrayPrint("  [-] None of the tracked HKLM keys are writable by low-privileged groups.");
+                return;
+            }
+
+            PrintEntries(matches);
+        }
+
+        private void PrintHeuristicWritableKeys()
+        {
+            Beaprint.MainPrint("Sample of additional writable HKLM keys (depth-limited scan)");
+
+            var matches = RegistryAclScanner.ScanWritableKeys("HKLM", ScanBasePaths, maxDepth: 3, maxResults: 25);
+            if (matches.Count == 0)
+            {
+                Beaprint.GrayPrint("  [-] No additional writable HKLM keys were found within the sampled paths.");
+                return;
+            }
+
+            PrintEntries(matches);
+            Beaprint.GrayPrint("  [*] Showing up to 25 entries from the sampled paths to avoid noisy output.");
+        }
+
+        private static void PrintEntries(IEnumerable<RegistryWritableKeyInfo> entries)
+        {
+            foreach (var entry in entries)
+            {
+                var principals = string.Join(", ", entry.Principals);
+                var rights = entry.Rights.Count > 0 ? string.Join(", ", entry.Rights.Distinct(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)) : "Write access";
+                var displayPath = string.IsNullOrEmpty(entry.FullPath) ? $"{entry.Hive}\\{entry.RelativePath}" : entry.FullPath;
+                Beaprint.BadPrint($"  [!] {displayPath} -> {principals} ({rights})");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

winPEAS/winPEASexe/winPEAS/Helpers/Beaprint.cs

@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ namespace winPEAS.Helpers
             Console.WriteLine(LCYAN + "        activedirectoryinfo" + GRAY + "   Quick AD checks (gMSA readable passwords, AD CS template rights)" + NOCOLOR);
             Console.WriteLine(LCYAN + "        cloudinfo" + GRAY + "            Enumerate cloud information" + NOCOLOR);
             Console.WriteLine(LCYAN + "        windowscreds" + GRAY + "         Search windows credentials" + NOCOLOR);
+            Console.WriteLine(LCYAN + "        registryinfo" + GRAY + "         Flag writable HKLM/HKU keys that enable hive tampering" + NOCOLOR);
             Console.WriteLine(LCYAN + "        browserinfo" + GRAY + "          Search browser information" + NOCOLOR);
             Console.WriteLine(LCYAN + "        filesinfo" + GRAY + "            Search generic files that can contains credentials" + NOCOLOR);
             Console.WriteLine(LCYAN + "        fileanalysis" + GRAY + "         [NOT RUN BY DEFAULT] Search specific files that can contains credentials and for regexes inside files. Might take several minutes." + NOCOLOR);

winPEAS/winPEASexe/winPEAS/Helpers/Registry/RegistryAclScanner.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,221 @@
+using Microsoft.Win32;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Security.AccessControl;
+using System.Security.Principal;
+using winPEAS.Helpers;
+
+namespace winPEAS.Helpers.Registry
+{
+    internal class RegistryWritableKeyInfo
+    {
+        public string Hive { get; set; }
+        public string RelativePath { get; set; }
+        public string FullPath { get; set; }
+        public List<string> Principals { get; set; } = new List<string>();
+        public List<string> Rights { get; set; } = new List<string>();
+    }
+
+    internal static class RegistryAclScanner
+    {
+        private static readonly Dictionary<string, string> LowPrivSidMap = new Dictionary<string, string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+        {
+            { new SecurityIdentifier(WellKnownSidType.BuiltinUsersSid, null).Value, "BUILTIN\\Users" },
+            { new SecurityIdentifier(WellKnownSidType.AuthenticatedUserSid, null).Value, "Authenticated Users" },
+            { new SecurityIdentifier(WellKnownSidType.WorldSid, null).Value, "Everyone" },
+            { new SecurityIdentifier(WellKnownSidType.InteractiveSid, null).Value, "Interactive" },
+            { new SecurityIdentifier(WellKnownSidType.BuiltinGuestsSid, null).Value, "BUILTIN\\Guests" },
+        };
+
+        public static bool TryGetWritableKey(string hive, string relativePath, out RegistryWritableKeyInfo info)
+        {
+            info = null;
+            using (var key = OpenKey(hive, relativePath))
+            {
+                if (key == null)
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+
+                return TryCollectWritableInfo(hive, relativePath, key, out info);
+            }
+        }
+
+        public static List<RegistryWritableKeyInfo> ScanWritableKeys(string hive, IEnumerable<string> basePaths, int maxDepth, int maxResults)
+        {
+            var results = new List<RegistryWritableKeyInfo>();
+            var seenPaths = new HashSet<string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+
+            foreach (var basePath in basePaths ?? Enumerable.Empty<string>())
+            {
+                if (results.Count >= maxResults)
+                {
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                using (var key = OpenKey(hive, basePath))
+                {
+                    if (key == null)
+                    {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
+                    Traverse(hive, key, basePath, 0, maxDepth, maxResults, seenPaths, results);
+                }
+            }
+
+            return results;
+        }
+
+        private static void Traverse(string hive, RegistryKey currentKey, string currentPath, int depth, int maxDepth, int maxResults, HashSet<string> seenPaths, List<RegistryWritableKeyInfo> results)
+        {
+            if (currentKey == null || results.Count >= maxResults)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            if (TryCollectWritableInfo(hive, currentPath, currentKey, out var info))
+            {
+                if (seenPaths.Add(info.FullPath))
+                {
+                    results.Add(info);
+                }
+
+                if (results.Count >= maxResults)
+                {
+                    return;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (depth >= maxDepth)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            string[] subKeys;
+            try
+            {
+                subKeys = currentKey.GetSubKeyNames();
+            }
+            catch
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            foreach (var subKeyName in subKeys)
+            {
+                if (results.Count >= maxResults)
+                {
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                try
+                {
+                    using (var childKey = currentKey.OpenSubKey(subKeyName))
+                    {
+                        if (childKey == null)
+                        {
+                            continue;
+                        }
+
+                        string childPath = string.IsNullOrEmpty(currentPath) ? subKeyName : $"{currentPath}\\{subKeyName}";
+                        Traverse(hive, childKey, childPath, depth + 1, maxDepth, maxResults, seenPaths, results);
+                    }
+                }
+                catch
+                {
+                    // Ignore keys we cannot open
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        private static bool TryCollectWritableInfo(string hive, string relativePath, RegistryKey key, out RegistryWritableKeyInfo info)
+        {
+            info = null;
+
+            try
+            {
+                var acl = key.GetAccessControl(AccessControlSections.Access);
+
+                var principals = new HashSet<string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+                var rights = new HashSet<string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+
+                foreach (RegistryAccessRule rule in acl.GetAccessRules(true, true, typeof(SecurityIdentifier)))
+                {
+                    if (rule.AccessControlType != AccessControlType.Allow)
+                    {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
+                    var sid = rule.IdentityReference as SecurityIdentifier ?? rule.IdentityReference.Translate(typeof(SecurityIdentifier)) as SecurityIdentifier;
+                    if (sid == null)
+                    {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
+                    if (!LowPrivSidMap.TryGetValue(sid.Value, out var label))
+                    {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
+                    string interestingRight = PermissionsHelper.PermInt2Str((int)rule.RegistryRights, PermissionType.WRITEABLE_OR_EQUIVALENT_REG);
+                    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(interestingRight))
+                    {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
+                    principals.Add($"{label} ({sid.Value})");
+                    rights.Add(interestingRight);
+                }
+
+                if (principals.Count == 0)
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+
+                string normalizedRelativePath = relativePath ?? string.Empty;
+                string fullPath = string.IsNullOrEmpty(normalizedRelativePath) ? key.Name : $"{hive}\\{normalizedRelativePath}";
+
+                info = new RegistryWritableKeyInfo
+                {
+                    Hive = hive,
+                    RelativePath = normalizedRelativePath,
+                    FullPath = fullPath,
+                    Principals = principals.ToList(),
+                    Rights = rights.ToList(),
+                };
+                return true;
+            }
+            catch
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        private static RegistryKey OpenKey(string hive, string path)
+        {
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(path))
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            try
+            {
+                RegistryKey baseKey = hive switch
+                {
+                    "HKLM" => Microsoft.Win32.Registry.LocalMachine,
+                    "HKCU" => Microsoft.Win32.Registry.CurrentUser,
+                    "HKU" => Microsoft.Win32.Registry.Users,
+                    _ => null,
+                };
+
+                return baseKey?.OpenSubKey(path);
+            }
+            catch
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

winPEAS/winPEASexe/winPEAS/winPEAS.csproj

@@ -1201,6 +1201,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Checks\SystemInfo.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Checks\UserInfo.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Checks\WindowsCreds.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Checks\RegistryInfo.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Helpers\AppLocker\AppLockerHelper.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Helpers\AppLocker\AppLockerRules.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Helpers\AppLocker\IAppIdPolicyHandler.cs" />
@@ -1469,6 +1470,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Helpers\CheckRunner.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Helpers\ReflectionHelper.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Helpers\Registry\RegistryHelper.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Helpers\Registry\RegistryAclScanner.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Helpers\Search\SearchHelper.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Wifi\Wifi.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Wifi\NativeWifiApi\Interop.cs" />