93  nikto(1) - Kailash Tool Reference

93.1 nikto

nikto - Web server scanner performing tests for dangerous files and misconfigurations.

Layer CLASSIC
Category c-02-vulnerability-analysis
Safety class safe
Licence GPL-2.0-or-later
Upstream github.com/sullo/nikto

93.1.1 NAME

nikto - Web server scanner performing tests for dangerous files and misconfigurations.

93.1.2 SYNOPSIS

Not derived automatically - see upstream documentation. This page does not hand-copy flags (generation contract, ADR-0001).

93.1.3 DESCRIPTION (upstream)

nikto ===== Nikto web server scanner - https://cirt.net/Nikto2 Full documentation - https://github.com/sullo/nikto/wiki Run normally: ~ git clone https://github.com/sullo/nikto cd nikto/program ./nikto.pl -h http://www.example.com perl nikto.pl -h http://www.example.com ~ Run as a Docker container from Docker Hub: docker pull hackllc/nikto:latest Or from ghcr.io: docker pull ghcr.io/sullo/nikto:latest Run as a Docker container from Dockerfile: ~bash git clone https://github.com/sullo/nikto.git cd nikto docker build -t hackllc/nikto . docker run –rm hackllc/nikto docker run –rm hackllc/nikto -h http://www.example.com docker run –rm -v $(pwd):/tmp hackllc/nikto -h http://www.exam

93.1.4 CONFIGURATION (detected)

Config-surface markers detected in the upstream README (5 matches, e.g. nikto.conf, nikto.conf). A full config reference page for this tool is queued under the config-page policy — this line is the detection record, not the page.

93.1.5 SEE ALSO

ref: pin - verified 2026-10-14