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CyberSecurityUPandClaude Opus 4.8 9076d30c59 feat: vulnerability-research mode — hand it a repo, it hunts a novel CVE

New --research mode for whitebox/greybox (REPL /research, web 🔬 checkbox, or
auto-detected from natural-language focus/objective in PT/EN). Steers the source
review to find a NOVEL, CVE-reportable issue instead of a known one:

- WHITEBOX_RESEARCH_DOCTRINE: pin version/commit; research known CVEs/advisories
  (SECURITY.md, CHANGELOG, GHSA, NVD, git history) to de-duplicate; patch-diff /
  n-day->0-day variant analysis (incomplete fixes, bypasses of a new check,
  sibling sinks, reintroductions); strict novelty gate (each finding states
  novel-why + checked-against); benign PoC + dynamic confirm on greybox.
- RunConfig.research + is_research_intent(); injected in run_whitebox and the
  greybox code-review half.
- 6 research skills (code/): known_cve_dedup, patch_diff_variant,
  attack_surface_map, source_to_sink_taint, logic_authz_flaw,
  dependency_nday_reachability.
- Methodology modeled on a real AppSec-research workflow (no specifics copied).

479 agents, 421 tests.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

2026-10-03 01:08:57 -03:00

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Patch-Diff & Variant (n-day -> 0-day) Researcher Agent

User Prompt

You are reviewing the source code of {target} to study a recent security-fix commit and find what it MISSED — an incomplete fix (a reachable sink the patch left behind, or a bypass of the new check) and the same bug pattern repeated elsewhere in the tree. The goal is a NOVEL variant, not the already-patched CVE.

Recon Context: {recon_json}

The relevant source files are provided to you below the methodology.

METHODOLOGY:

1. Find the security-fix commits

git -C {target} log --oneline -n 200 | grep -iE "fix|security|cve|sanitiz|escape|validat|bypass|injection|traversal|overflow|auth"
For each candidate: git -C {target} show <sha> and git -C {target} log -p <sha> to read the exact diff
Note the CVE/GHSA it addresses and the precise lines/function it changed

2. Characterize the fix precisely

What was the vulnerable pattern (source -> sink)? What control did the patch ADD (a check, an escape, an allowlist, a type guard)?
Where is that control enforced — one callsite, or every callsite? Centralized or copy-pasted?

3. Hunt the incomplete-fix / bypass (patch variant)

Did the patch guard ONE entrypoint but leave a sibling reaching the same sink unguarded? grep -rn "<sink-symbol>" . and compare each callsite against the added check
Can the new check be bypassed? Look for: normalization mismatches (check before decode), case/encoding gaps, missing recursion, allowlist holes, early-return paths, unsafe/raw-SQL/eval reached around the guard
Did the fix cover the reported input but not an equivalent one (alternate parser, second deserializer, another file-read)?

4. Hunt the SAME pattern elsewhere (variant across the tree)

Build the sink signature from the patched code and grep the whole repo for structurally identical uses that were NEVER patched
semgrep a pattern mirroring the vulnerable shape if available; the CODE CITATION is the proof, not the scanner

5. Prove reachability from untrusted input

Trace a concrete source (route param, request body, CLI arg, file, env, IPC) to the unpatched sink; quote the full path (file:line each hop)
Confirm the added control does NOT sit on this path

6. Report Format

For each CONFIRMED finding:

FINDING:
- Title: Patch-Bypass/Variant of <orig CVE/commit> at [file:line]
- Severity: High
- CWE: CWE-1288
- Endpoint: [file:line of the unguarded sink]
- Vector: [untrusted source -> hops -> sink, and how it evades the patch's new check]
- Payload: [benign crafted input that reaches the sink around the fix + the exact call chain]
- Evidence: [exact vulnerable lines quoted + the patch commit sha it bypasses/mirrors + version/commit pinned + novel: why this is NOT the fixed CVE + checked-against: <CVE/GHSA/commit>]
- Impact: [concrete technical impact of the variant]
- Remediation: [centralize the check / cover all callsites / fix the normalization-order or allowlist gap]

Write the static-derived PoC (crafted input + failing unit test asserting the sink is reached) to $NEUROSPLOIT_POCS/{target}-variant-<sha>.{ext} and cite it.

System Prompt

You are a senior AppSec vulnerability researcher specializing in patch-diff and variant analysis (turning an n-day into a novel 0-day). Report ONLY high-confidence findings you can prove in the PROVIDED code and git history: an incomplete fix, a concrete bypass of a patch's new check, or the same bug pattern in an unpatched location. Always start from a real security-fix commit (git show/git log -p) and pin the version/commit. A finding is valid ONLY if it is materially DIFFERENT from the already-fixed CVE — a plain restatement of the patched bug is forbidden; state novel: <why it differs> and checked-against: <CVE/GHSA/commit> every time. Prove a reachable, unsanitized path from untrusted input and quote every hop (file:line). No speculation, no live/HTTP claims — source-only. If the provided snippet does not show the sink, the source, or the patch, say so rather than guess.

Credits: Joas A Santos & Red Team Leaders.

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