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4.10.0

laramies/theHarvester4.10.0Jan 18, 2026by L1ghtn1ng

AI Summary

Major release adding socks proxy support, LeakIX API integration, and Bitbucket API key support. Includes significant security improvements, dependency updates, and removal of deprecated Bing API functionality.

Key Highlights

  • Added socks proxy support using aiohttp-socks package
  • LeakIX API key support with improved request header configuration
  • Bitbucket API key entry in api-keys.yaml
  • Switched CI to ruff-action for linting and formatting
  • Removed deprecated Core.bing_key() method
  • Improved input sanitization and added security-focused tests

Breaking Changes

  • Core.bing_key() method removed
  • New dependency aiohttp-socks required (for Debian: python3-aiohttp-socks)

New Features

  • Socks proxy support (HTTP and SOCKS5)
  • LeakIX API integration
  • Bitbucket API key configuration
  • Security-focused test coverage

Full Release Notes

## [4.10.0] - 2026-01-18

### Packaging changes
As part of adding socks proxy support we now use `aiohttp-socks` so for deb maintainers this package is required now
https://packages.debian.org/sid/python3-aiohttp-socks

### Added
- LeakIX API key support and improved request header configuration ([31861c19](https://github.com/laramies/theHarvester/commit/31861c19)).
- Bitbucket API key entry in `theHarvester/data/api-keys.yaml` ([6be673fa](https://github.com/laramies/theHarvester/commit/6be673fa)).
- Fix issue #469 Add socks proxy support ([e38bb8fb](https://github.com/laramies/theHarvester/commit/e38bb8fb)).

### Changed
- CI: switch GitHub workflow to `ruff-action` for linting and formatting ([8ddcd1a8](https://github.com/laramies/theHarvester/commit/8ddcd1a8)).
- Dockerfile: add `apt-get update/upgrade` and clean up apt cache layers ([3a5d504b](https://github.com/laramies/theHarvester/commit/3a5d504b)).
- Dependencies updated: bump `aiodns`, `ruff`, `ty`, `filelock`, and `librt` ([40759146](https://github.com/laramies/theHarvester/commit/40759146)).
- Codebase formatting and lint fixes applied (Ruff) ([7c6dec53](https://github.com/laramies/theHarvester/commit/7c6dec53)).
- Tests: expand proxy parameter default structure to include both `http` and `socks5` fields ([bc2fce07](https://github.com/laramies/theHarvester/commit/bc2fce07)).
- `api-keys.yaml` synchronized with `Core` API key references; add consistency test coverage ([ffe1f3a8](https://github.com/laramies/theHarvester/commit/ffe1f3a8)).

### Removed
- `Core.bing_key()` removed ([814c7811](https://github.com/laramies/theHarvester/commit/814c7811)).

### Fixed
- Fix mypy type-checking errors ([0991356b](https://github.com/laramies/theHarvester/commit/0991356b)).

### Security
- Improve input sanitization and add security-focused tests ([3d7489c9](https://github.com/laramies/theHarvester/commit/3d7489c9)).