Red Team & Offensive Security
Penetration testing frameworks, exploit tools, and offensive security tooling.
version/2026.2.4
(6d)
Security fixes + core updates
vrelease-1.31.1
(12d)
CVE‑2026‑9256 buffer overflow fix
No immediate action
Security fix GHSA-g7cv-rxg3-hmpx
v1.1.2
(16d)
GHSA‑g7cv‑rxv3‑hmpx fix
v1
(18d)
GHSA‑g7cv‑rxg3‑hmpx
v1.1.1
(18d)
Security fix GHSA-g7cv-rxg3-hmpx
v1.1.0
(18d)
GHSA‑g7cv‑rxg3‑hmpx fix
Review required
Dependencies
Breaking upgrade
Malicious node-ipc detection + CI npm hardening
v1.9.4
(20d)
Privilege escalation
vrelease-1.31.0
(21d)
CVE fixes + forward proxy
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Dependencies
Go 1.26.3 upgrade + retract detection
Security fixes
- CVE-2026-39892 — parser‑mismatch SSRF in image provider registry auth fixed (PR #10945)
- dep: CVE-2026-33186 — cryptography upgraded from 46.0.6 to 46.0.7
- dep: CVE-2026-39892 — trivy upgraded from 0.69.2 to 0.70.0
Notable features
- ASD Essential Eight Maturity Model compliance framework for AWS
- Eight new Gmail attachment safety and spoofing protection checks for Google Workspace
⚠ Upgrade required
- Final release for ESCU v5.x; starting with ESCU v6.0, content will be validated, packaged, and published using new internal tooling instead of contentctl.
Security fixes
- CVE-2026-31431 – Linux Auditd Copy Fail Privilege Escalation detection added to identify unprivileged users writing controlled data to page cache and escalating to root.
Notable features
- Cisco Secure Access Analytics analytic story using firewall telemetry
- Expanded Windows threat detection analytics covering PowerShell abuse, process injection, privilege escalation, cloud/Azure activity, RMM tools, and C2 frameworks
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