DefaultCreds-Cheat-Sheet is a reference database and lookup tool that consolidates default credentials for network devices, applications, and services to assist security professionals during assessments.
The tool addresses the problem of scattered default credential information by aggregating login details from multiple authoritative sources into a single searchable dataset. It serves both offensive and defensive security purposes: penetration testers use it to identify systems with unchanged default passwords during engagements, while blue teamers use it to discover and remediate this vulnerability in their infrastructure. The data is sourced from established projects including changeme, routersploit, SecLists, and vendor documentation, organized by product and vendor with corresponding usernames and passwords.
Teams should adopt this tool if they conduct security assessments, perform infrastructure audits, or need to validate that systems have moved beyond factory defaults. It suits organizations performing penetration testing, red team exercises, or security hardening reviews. The tool is available as a Python package and has been tested on Linux, Windows, and macOS environments. For users seeking advanced search capabilities, the README references Pass Station as a complementary CLI and library tool that provides powerful filtering, regular expression matching, and multiple output formats against the same dataset.
The project remains actively maintained with contributions accepted for new credentials. Development is ongoing with regular updates to the credential database as new default passwords are discovered or submitted by the community.
