Command-line tool

checksec

brew/checksec

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Security feature auditing for ELF binaries and Linux kernels

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

cargo install checksec

macOS

brew install checksec
cargo install checksec

Linux

brew install checksec
cargo install checksec

List security properties of an executable binary file

checksec file path/to/binary

List security properties recursively of all executable files in a directory

checksec dir path/to/directory

List security properties of a process

checksec proc process_id

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