theharvester

Install command:
brew install theharvester

Gather materials from public sources (for pen testers)

https://www.edge-security.com

License: GPL-2.0-only

Development: Pull requests

Formula JSON API: /api/formula/theharvester.json

Formula code: theharvester.rb on GitHub

Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:

macOS on
Apple Silicon
tahoe
sequoia
sonoma
macOS on
Intel
sonoma
Linux ARM64
x86_64

Current versions:

stable 4.11.1
head ⚡️ HEAD

Revision: 1

Depends on:

certifi 2026.7.22 Mozilla CA bundle for Python
cffi 2.1.1 C Foreign Function Interface for Python
libyaml 0.2.5 YAML Parser
pydantic 2.13.4 Data validation using Python type hints
python@3.14 3.14.7 Interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language

Depends on when building from source:

cmake 4.4.2 Cross-platform make

Known vulnerabilities in the current version:

GHSA-4fvr-rgm6-gqmc aiohttp: HTTP/1 Pipelined Requests Queue Without Limit
GHSA-xcgm-r5h9-7989 aiohttp: Incomplete websocket frame payloads bypass memory limits
GHSA-4m7w-qmgq-4wj5 aiohttp: TLS Server Hostname Override Is Ignored When Reusing HTTPS Connections
GHSA-hpj7-wq8m-9hgp aiohttp: DigestAuthMiddleware Applies Credentials to Cross-Origin Redirect Challenges
GHSA-63hw-fmq6-xxg2 aiohttp: C HTTP Parser Bypasses max_line_size for Fragmented Lines
GHSA-g3cq-j2xw-wf74 aiohttp: Unread Compressed Request Bodies Bypass client_max_size During Cleanup
GHSA-2fqr-mr3j-6wp8 aiohttp: Host-Only Cookies Become Domain Cookies After CookieJar Persistence
GHSA-9x8q-7h8h-wcw9 aiohttp: Payload Response Resources Are Not Closed After Mid-Body Disconnect
GHSA-3j69-69wj-xqx2 (medium) UltraJSON: Malformed/Truncated UTF-8 Accepted and Silently Rewritten in ujson.dumps()
GHSA-mq44-7p77-q5h7 AIOHTTP: WebSocket client accepts compressed frames without negotiated permessage-deflate
GHSA-mfx4-hv73-q22v AIOHTTP: HTTP request smuggling via WebSocket upgrade
GHSA-cq5v-8q36-5273 AIOHTTP: Out-of-bounds heap read in C HTTP response parser error path (malformed chunked response)

Data from Homebrew/advisory-database. Run brew vulns theharvester for a live check.

Analytics:

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Installs2241,1874,089
Installs (--HEAD)025
Installs on Request2241,1874,089
Installs on Request (--HEAD)025
Build Errors3
Build Errors (--HEAD)1