This release adds 3 notable features for engineering teams evaluating rollout.
✓ No known CVEs patched in this version
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Summary
AI summaryAdded audit filtering, lock step expansion, and SSH host key remediation improvements.
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What's New in v1.11.0
Added
- MCP tool descriptions — Updated all 13 MCP tools with 27-category routing hints and accurate check counts
- Audit display filter —
audit --filterfor display-only category/severity filtering without re-running SSH - Audit fix score delta — Post-fix score re-audit shows before/after comparison
- Lock 16-step expansion —
server lockexpanded from 5 to 16 hardening steps with grouped CLI output and dry-run preview - Lock step helpers —
runLockStep+ 11 command builders for modular hardening (auditd, sysctl, pwquality, AIDE, etc.) - SSH host key remediation — Proactive
removeStaleHostKeybefore SSH polling + error output with remediation hints
Fixed
- Interactive menu audit filters — Audit sub-menu now correctly passes filter and fix options
- FW-05 passed field — Fixed incorrect variable in firewall IPv6 check
- MCP check count — Corrected inflated 488+ count back to accurate 409
- Audit filter+fix hardening — Shell metacharacter guard, severity validation, structured error logging
- SSH retry error handling — Added
.catch()to SSH retry preventing unhandled rejections
Changed
getErrorMessagereuse — Consolidated error message extraction across modules
Full Changelog: https://github.com/kastelldev/kastell/compare/v1.10.1...v1.11.0
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Server security auditing and hardening toolkit. 413 security checks across 29 categories (SSH, Firewall, Docker, TLS, HTTP Headers), CIS/PCI-DSS/HIPAA compliance mapping, 19-step production hardening, fleet management, and forensic evidence collection. Supports Hetzner, DigitalOcean, Vultr, and Linode. 13 MCP tools.
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