Best AI agents for security testing (2026)
Agents that probe your app, code and smart contracts the way an attacker would: running penetration tests, red-teaming AI systems and flagging vulnerabilities with suggested fixes. We list 16 tools for security testing below, each with a link-checked page, pricing as the maker states it and alternatives.
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16 tools: 10 open source, 1 source-available, 2 free or freemium, 3 pricing on the maker's site.
open-kritt
A self-hosted AI security research tool that orchestrates agents to hunt for vulnerabilities in a codebase and then validate and rank what they find; managed scans are also offered.
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AI Beat
An open-source AI red-teaming suite: PromptBeat attacks models and prompts, and AgentBeat runs black-box security evaluations against HTTP-exposed agents.
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CyberStrike
Terminal agent for authorized penetration testing that runs recon, vulnerability discovery and reporting with specialized security agents on your own LLM.
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Rogue
Agent evaluator and red-team tool that probes your agent with test conversations and attacks and reports pass or fail against your policies.
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Is My Agent Safe
Is My Agent Safe checks your OpenClaw version and security audit output in plain English, showing which published security fixes you are missing and which breaking changes lie before the latest release; free check, full report $29 one-off.
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Superagent
SDK for AI agent safety that blocks prompt injections and unsafe tool calls, redacts PII and secrets, and runs red-team scenarios.
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Mantis
Google's toolkit for AI coding agents to autonomously find, reproduce and patch software vulnerabilities in isolated environments.
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Sonatype MCP
Sonatype's dependency-management MCP server that gives coding agents component versions, security analysis and Trust Score recommendations.
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Strix
Open-source AI agents that run penetration tests on your app to find and help fix security vulnerabilities.
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PentAGI
Autonomous multi-agent system for running penetration testing tasks.
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AI-Infra-Guard
Tencent's AI red-teaming platform that scans agents, skills and MCP servers for risks.
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PentestAgent
Agent framework for black-box security testing and bug bounty work.
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SonarQube MCP Server
SonarQube MCP server for code quality and security analysis from agents.
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Almanax
AI security engineer that finds vulnerabilities in applications and smart contracts and reviews pull requests; acquired by depthfirst (June 2026).
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Octane
Agentic security analysis that finds exploitable vulnerabilities in mission-critical code, including DeFi smart contracts.
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Sherlock AI
Sherlock's AI auditor for smart-contract vulnerabilities.
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GitHub repos (11)
| Repo | GitHub stars | Licence | Last push |
|---|---|---|---|
| 69,022 | Apache License 2.0 | 2026-10-21 | |
| 30,728 | MIT | 2026-10-09 | |
| 6,887 | Apache License 2.0 | 2026-10-21 | |
| 6,770 | MIT | 2026-08-25 | |
| 3,192 | — | 2026-10-14 | |
| 3,188 | MIT | 2026-09-21 | |
| 2,459 | — | 2026-10-20 | |
| 2,318 | — | 2026-09-15 | |
| 1,370 | — | 2026-10-21 | |
| 1,069 | — | 2026-05-04 | |
| 665 | SONAR Source-Available License v1.0 | 2026-10-21 |
11 repos. Stars and licence come from each repo, checked when the listing was last verified.
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