v2.5.0, Merge branch 'AlexLinov-feat/ntlm-pth' into main

Author: g0h4n

CHANGELOG.md

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 # Changelog
 
+## 2.5.0 - 2026-08-12
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+This version implements one PR ([#41](https://github.com/g0h4n/RustHound-CE/pull/41)) with the following changes:
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+- Add NTLM pass-the-hash (PtH) authentication support. An NT hash can now be supplied instead of a password, encoded into a credential string that triggers pass-the-hash in the `sspi` crate's NTLM implementation. Thanks [@AlexLinov](https://github.com/AlexLinov)!
+- Accept NT hashes in plain (`NTHASH`), empty-LM (`:NTHASH`), and full (`LMHASH:NTHASH`) formats, matching the conventions used by tools like impacket and netexec
+- Validate that the NT hash is exactly 32 hexadecimal characters before use
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 ## 2.4.92 - 2026-08-03
 
 This version implements two PRs ([#37](https://github.com/g0h4n/RustHound-CE/pull/37), [#38](https://github.com/g0h4n/RustHound-CE/pull/38)) with the following changes: