CloudGoat is a vulnerable-by-design AWS deployment tool that creates intentionally flawed cloud infrastructure for security testing and training purposes.
The tool addresses the need for realistic, hands-on environments where security professionals can practice identifying and exploiting AWS misconfigurations. Rather than studying vulnerabilities in isolation, CloudGoat deploys complete vulnerable scenarios into AWS accounts, allowing practitioners to discover and exploit real cloud security weaknesses in a controlled setting. The tool automates the provisioning of these deliberately insecure architectures, eliminating the manual effort of building test environments from scratch.
CloudGoat suits security teams, penetration testers, and developers who want to learn AWS security through practical exploitation. It works well for organizations conducting internal security training, red team exercises, or proof-of-concept assessments in their own AWS environments. The tool is particularly valuable for those who need reproducible vulnerable scenarios rather than generic security labs, since each scenario is a complete, deployable AWS infrastructure with specific misconfigurations built in.
The project maintains active engagement with contributions and pull requests welcomed. Development activity shows ongoing refinement of existing scenarios and tooling to support current AWS practices.
