Impacket Ticket Converter

Convert Kerberos tickets between kirbi (Windows) and ccache (Linux) formats

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

Tool

impacket-ticketConverter

Category

Credential Attacks / Ticket Forgery & Conversion

Platform

linux

Requires

Kerberos ticket

Protocols

KERBEROS

Open in Command Manager

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-ticketConverter '<input_file>' '<output_file>'

Examples

impacket-ticketConverter 'ticket.kirbi' 'ticket.ccache'

impacket-ticketConverter 'ticket.ccache' 'ticket.kirbi'

Tags

impacket ticket converter kirbi ccache

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