Impacket DPAPI Masterkey

Decrypt DPAPI masterkey using user password to derive DPAPI encryption key

Curated and verified by Ahmad Alawneh, penetration tester (OSCP+, CRTE) · Last updated April 10, 2026

Tool: impacket-dpapi
Category: Credential Attacks / Hash Dumping
Platform: linux
Requires: password

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Syntax

Angle-bracket tokens are placeholders — replace them with your target's values, or open this command in the app to fill them in and copy the result.

impacket-dpapi masterkey -file '<masterkey_file>' -password '<password>'

Examples

impacket-dpapi masterkey -file '0e4b4e4c-...' -password 'userpassword'

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impacket dpapi masterkey credential-dumping decryption

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