Kali's Default Credentials

 

Kali's Default Credentials

Kali changed to a non-root user policy by default since the release of 2020.1.

This means:

  • During the installation of amd64 and i386 images, it will prompt you for a standard user account to be created.

  • Any default operating system credentials used during Live Boot, or pre-created image (like Virtual Machines & ARM) will be:

    • User: kali
    • Password: kali

  • Vagrant image (based on their policy):

    • Username: vagrant
    • Password: vagrant

  • Amazon EC2:

    • User: kali
    • Password: <ssh key>

Default Tool Credentials

Some tools shipped with Kali, will use their own default hardcoded credentials (others will generate a new password the first time its used). The following tools have the default values:

  • BeEF-XSS

    • Username: beef
    • Password: beef
    • Configuration File: /etc/beef-xss/config.yaml

  • MySQL

    • User: root
    • Password: (blank)
    • Setup Program: mysql_secure_installation

  • OpenVAS

    • Username: admin
    • Password: <Generated during setup>
    • Setup Program: openvas-setup

  • Metasploit-Framework

    • Username: postgres
    • Password: postgres
    • Configuration File: /usr/share/metasploit-framework/config/database.yml

For versions of Kali Linux older than 2020.1, Previous credential information of 

Kali Linux Default Passwords

During installation, Kali Linux allows users to configure a password for the root user. However, should you decide to boot the live image instead, the i386, amd64, VMWare and ARM images are configured with the default root password - "toor", without the quotes.

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