module 'paramiko.pkey' has no attribute 'load_private_key_file'

[Randark-JMT]

Bug Description

When I try to log into ssh with my private key, the following error occurs

AttributeError: module 'paramiko.pkey' has no attribute 'load_private_key_file'

pwncat version

Provide the output of pwncat --version or a commit hash if working from a development branch.

$pwncat-cs --version
0.5.4

Target System (aka "victim")

Linux Hackthebox Clicker

Steps to Reproduce

└──╼ $pwncat-cs 
[12:34:56] Welcome to pwncat 🐈!                                                                                                                                                                                            __main__.py:164
(local) pwncat$ connect -i id_rsa
[12:35:01] connection failed: no port specified                                                                                                                                                                              manager.py:957
(local) pwncat$ connect -i id_rsa jack@10.10.11.232
╭─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Traceback (most recent call last) ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         │
│ /usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/pwncat/commands/__init__.py:591 in run                                                                                                                                                           │
│                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         │
│    588 │   │   │   │   if line == "":                                                                                                                                                                                                   │
│    589 │   │   │   │   │   continue                                                                                                                                                                                                     │
│    590 │   │   │   │                                                                                                                                                                                                                    │
│ ❱  591 │   │   │   │   self.dispatch_line(line)                                                                                                                                                                                         │
│    592 │   │   │   # We used to catch only KeyboardException, but this prevents a                                                                                                                                                       │
│    593 │   │   │   # badly written command from completely killing our remote                                                                                                                                                           │
│    594 │   │   │   # connection.                                                                                                                                                                                                        │
│ /usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/pwncat/commands/__init__.py:672 in dispatch_line                                                                                                                                                 │
│                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         │
│    669 │   │   │   │   args = line                                                                                                                                                                                                      │
│    670 │   │   │                                                                                                                                                                                                                        │
│    671 │   │   │   # Run the command                                                                                                                                                                                                    │
│ ❱  672 │   │   │   command.run(self.manager, args)                                                                                                                                                                                      │
│    673 │   │   │                                                                                                                                                                                                                        │
│    674 │   │   │   if prog_name:                                                                                                                                                                                                        │
│    675 │   │   │   │   command.parser.prog = prog_name                                                                                                                                                                                  │
│                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         │
│ /usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/pwncat/commands/connect.py:295 in run                                                                                                                                                            │
│                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         │
│   292 │   │   │   manager.target.log(f"connected via {used_implant.title(manager.target)}")                                                                                                                                             │
│   293 │   │   else:                                                                                                                                                                                                                     │
│   294 │   │   │   try:                                                                                                                                                                                                                  │
│ ❱ 295 │   │   │   │   manager.create_session(**query_args)                                                                                                                                                                              │
│   296 │   │   │   except (ChannelError, PlatformError) as exc:                                                                                                                                                                          │
│   297 │   │   │   │   manager.log(f"connection failed: {exc}")                                                                                                                                                                          │
│   298 │   │   │   except KeyboardInterrupt:                                                                                                                                                                                             │
│                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         │
│ /usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/pwncat/manager.py:1192 in create_session                                                                                                                                                         │
│                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         │
│   1189 │   │   │   PlatformError: construction of a platform around the channel failed                                                                                                                                                  │
│   1190 │   │   """                                                                                                                                                                                                                      │
│   1191 │   │                                                                                                                                                                                                                            │
│ ❱ 1192 │   │   session = Session(self, platform, channel, **kwargs)                                                                                                                                                                     │
│   1193 │   │                                                                                                                                                                                                                            │
│   1194 │   │   # Increment the ``session_id`` variable upon adding a new session                                                                                                                                                        │
│   1195 │   │   # Session constructor will automatically grab the current                                                                                                                                                                │
│                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         │
│ /usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/pwncat/manager.py:518 in __init__                                                                                                                                                                │
│                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         │
│    515 │   │   else:                                                                                                                                                                                                                    │
│    516 │   │   │   # If necessary, build a new channel                                                                                                                                                                                  │
│    517 │   │   │   if channel is None:                                                                                                                                                                                                  │
│ ❱  518 │   │   │   │   channel = pwncat.channel.create(**kwargs)                                                                                                                                                                        │
│    519 │   │   │                                                                                                                                                                                                                        │
│    520 │   │   │   # This makes logging work during the constructor                                                                                                                                                                     │
│    521 │   │   │   self.platform = str(channel)                                                                                                                                                                                         │
│                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         │
│ /usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/pwncat/channel/__init__.py:602 in create                                                                                                                                                         │
│                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         │
│   599 │                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 │
│   600 │   for prot in protocols:                                                                                                                                                                                                        │
│   601 │   │   try:                                                                                                                                                                                                                      │
│ ❱ 602 │   │   │   channel = find(prot)(**kwargs)                                                                                                                                                                                        │
│   603 │   │   │   return channel                                                                                                                                                                                                        │
│   604 │   │   except ChannelError:                                                                                                                                                                                                      │
│   605 │   │   │   if len(protocols) == 1 or prot != "reconnect":                                                                                                                                                                        │
│                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         │
│ /usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/pwncat/channel/ssh.py:57 in __init__                                                                                                                                                             │
│                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         │
│    54 │   │   │   │   port=port,                                                                                                                                                                                                        │
│    55 │   │   │   │   username=user,                                                                                                                                                                                                    │
│    56 │   │   │   │   password=password,                                                                                                                                                                                                │
│ ❱  57 │   │   │   │   pkey=load_private_key(identity),                                                                                                                                                                                  │
│    58 │   │   │   │   allow_agent=True,                                                                                                                                                                                                 │
│    59 │   │   │   │   look_for_keys=False,                                                                                                                                                                                              │
│    60 │   │   │   )                                                                                                                                                                                                                     │
│                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         │
│ /usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/pwncat/channel/ssh.py:132 in load_private_key                                                                                                                                                    │
│                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         │
│   129 │                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 │
│   130 │   try:                                                                                                                                                                                                                          │
│   131 │   │   if isinstance(identity, str):                                                                                                                                                                                             │
│ ❱ 132 │   │   │   return paramiko.pkey.load_private_key_file(                                                                                                                                                                           │
│   133 │   │   │   │   os.path.expanduser(identity), password=passphrase                                                                                                                                                                 │
│   134 │   │   │   )                                                                                                                                                                                                                     │
│   135                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   │
╰─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
AttributeError: module 'paramiko.pkey' has no attribute 'load_private_key_file'

Expected Behavior

pwncat should accept the private key and establish an ssh session

Screenshots

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getting the same error

[cpu0x00]

was able to solve it by changing line 57 in /usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/pwncat/channel/ssh.py removing the "pkey" option and replacing with key_filename however i hardcoded my key location, but i guess a simple edit could be made to get dynamically using the identity cli argument