pwncat/CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

The Changelog starts with v0.4.1, because we did not keep one before that, and simply didn't have the time to go back and retroactively create one.

[Unreleased]

Added

• Added ssl-bind and ssl-connect channel protocols for encrypted shells
• Added ncat-style ssl arguments to entrypoint and connect command
• Added query-string arguments to connection strings for both the entrypoint and the connect command.
• Added Enumeration States to allow session-bound enumerations
• Added background listener API and commands (#43)

[0.4.3] - 2021-06-18

Patch fix release. Major fixes are the correction of file IO for LinuxWriters and improved stability with better exception handling.

Fixed

• Pinned container base image to alpine 3.13.5 and installed to virtualenv (#134)
• Fixed syntax for f-strings in escalation command
• Re-added readline import for windows platform after being accidentally removed

Changed

• Changed session tracking so session IDs aren't reused
• Changed zsh prompt to match CWD of other shell prompts
• Improved exception handling throughout framework (#133)
• Added explicit permission checks when opening files
• Changed LinuxWriter close routine again to account for needed EOF signals (#140)

Added

• Added better file io test cases

[0.4.2] - 2021-06-15

Quick patch release due to corrected bug in ChannelFile which caused command output to be empty in some situations.

Fixed

• Fixed linux.enumerate.system.network to work with old and new style ip.
• Fixed ChannelFile.recvinto which will no longer raise BlockingIOError (#126, #131)
• Fixed sessions command with invalid session ID (#130)
• Fixed zsh shell prompt color syntax (#130)

Added

• Added Pull Request template
• Added CONTRIBUTING.md
• Added --version option to entrypoint to retrieve pwncat version
• Added latest tag to documented install command to prevent dev installs

[0.4.1] - 2021-06-14

Added

• Differentiate prompt syntax for standard bash, zsh and sh (#126)
• Added -c=never to ip command in linux.enumerate.system.network (#126)
• Updated Dockerfile to properly build post-v0.4.0 releases (#125)
• Added check for nologin shell to stop pwncat from accidentally closing the session (#116)
• Resolved all flake8 errors (#123)
• Improved EOF handling for Linux file-writes (#117)