v3.6.0

sinewaveai/agent-security-scanner-mcpv3.6.0Feb 16, 2026by sinewaveai

AI Summary

Major security enhancement release that closes critical prompt injection bypass vectors, introduces Unicode normalization, and adds Garak integration for deep scanning capabilities.

Key Highlights

  • Closed 5 critical prompt injection bypass vectors
  • Unicode Normalization Pipeline with homoglyph canonicalization
  • Garak integration for advanced LLM vulnerability scanning
  • PromptFoo Red-Team Suite for automated bypass detection

New Features

  • Unicode normalization (NFKC, homoglyph stripping)
  • Enhanced multi-encoding cascade decoder
  • Garak integration via deep_scan parameter
  • PromptFoo Red-Team Suite with custom MCP provider
  • 3 new YAML security rules (whitespace-fragmentation, crescendo-setup, leetspeak)

Full Release Notes

## ๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ Major Security Enhancements

This release dramatically improves prompt injection detection by closing **5 critical bypass vectors** identified in product evaluation. Detection rates improved from 5/10 to comprehensive coverage across all attack categories.

## ๐ŸŽฏ Bypass Fixes

| # | Bypass Vector | Fix |
|---|---------------|-----|
| 1 | **Code block delimiter confusion** | Extract content from `~~~`, `<code>`, `<!-->`, `<pre>`, CDATA blocks |
| 2 | **Pattern fragmentation** | Collapse string concatenation (`"ign" + "ore"`) and C-style comment separators |
| 3 | **Multi-encoding bypass** | Cascade decoder supporting base64 (nested), hex, URL encoding, ROT13 |
| 4 | **Multi-turn shallow detection** | Scan all previous messages, detect Crescendo frame-setting, cross-turn boundary patterns |
| 5 | **Composite threshold gaming** | Co-occurrence matrix, orthogonal dimension scoring, low-signal accumulation |

## โœจ New Features

### Unicode Normalization Pipeline
- NFKC normalization
- Cyrillic/Greek homoglyph canonicalization (40+ mappings)
- Zero-width character stripping
- Zalgo diacritics removal
- Invisible Unicode detection as obfuscation indicator

### Enhanced Encoding Detection
- **Multi-encoding cascade** replaces base64-only decoder
- Supports nested base64, hex, URL encoding
- Indicator-gated ROT13 (avoids false positives)
- Lowered thresholds: 40โ†’20 chars, 70%โ†’55% printability

### Composite Scoring Improvements
- **Category co-occurrence matrix**: 12 suspicious pairs, +40% cap
- **Orthogonal dimension scoring**: 7 attack dimensions, +40 flat bonus
- **Low-signal accumulation**: Multiple LOW-confidence findings now trigger

### Garak Integration (Optional)
- NVIDIA Garak LLM vulnerability scanner support via `deep_scan` parameter
- Encoding probes (base64, base16, rot13)
- Latent injection pattern detection
- Graceful degradation when Garak not installed

### PromptFoo Red-Team Suite
- 13 automated test cases with custom MCP provider
- Continuous bypass detection validation
- Run with: `npm run test:redteam`

## ๐Ÿ“ New Rules

3 new YAML security rules:
- `generic.prompt.security.whitespace-fragmentation` - Letter-spaced keyword evasion
- `generic.prompt.security.crescendo-setup` - Persistent behavioral rule injection
- `generic.prompt.security.leetspeak-injection` - Character substitution obfuscation

## ๐Ÿงช Testing

- **28 new test cases** covering all bypass vectors
- **False positive regression suite** for benign prompts
- **All 102 tests passing** โœ…
- Average test time: ~2.7 seconds per test

## ๐Ÿ“Š Impact

- **Detection improvement**: 5/10 โ†’ comprehensive coverage
- **Code changes**: +1,099 additions / -85 deletions
- **Files modified**: 7 (3 new)
- **Breaking changes**: None (strictly additive)

## ๐Ÿ”ง What Changed

**Modified:**
- `mcp-server/src/tools/scan-prompt.js` - 612 lines of enhanced logic (was 486 lines)
- `mcp-server/rules/prompt-injection.security.yaml` - 68 new lines
- `mcp-server/package.json` - Added `test:redteam` script

**New Files:**
- `mcp-server/src/tools/garak-bridge.js` - 209 lines
- `mcp-server/tests/promptfoo/promptfooconfig.yaml` - 101 lines
- `mcp-server/tests/promptfoo/scan-provider.js` - 54 lines
- `mcp-server/tests/scan-prompt.test.js` - 137 new test cases

## ๐Ÿ“ฆ Installation

```bash
npm install -g agent-security-scanner-mcp@3.6.0
# Or update existing installation
npm update -g agent-security-scanner-mcp
```

## ๐Ÿ”— Related

- Addresses findings from internal security evaluation
- Inspired by Garak Buff normalization techniques
- Implements PromptFoo red-team methodology
- Builds on Crescendo multi-turn attack research

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**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/sinewaveai/agent-security-scanner-mcp/compare/v3.5.2...v3.6.0