Bandit Level 10 -> Level 11

• Platform: OverTheWire
• Wargame: Bandit
• Date: 2025-12-13 12:47

Overview

Bandit Level 10: The password for Level 11 is stored in a file named data.txt that is encoded in base64.

One will need to decode the file data.txt.

Connection:

Host: bandit.labs.overthewire.org
Port: 2220
User: bandit10
Password: (use the password from Level 9's data.txt file)

Steps

1. SSH into the server as bandit10

(enter the password you found in Level 9 when prompted)

2. Decode the file

The password is (password for bandit11)

Summary

• The password is stored in a file named data.txt in the home directory of bandit10.
• Use cat to print the contents of the file data.txt.
• Use base64 -d to decode the text.
• Use | (pipe) to chain commands together.