What's New

Release highlights for CBOM Generator.

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v1.9.0 (December 2025)

Crypto Registry Extension

• External YAML registries for custom crypto library detection
• Distribution-specific registries: Ubuntu, Yocto, Alpine, OpenWrt
• No recompilation needed for new library support

Cross-Architecture Scanning

• --cross-arch flag for Yocto/Buildroot rootfs scanning
• ELF VERNEED version detection without package managers
• Embedded service plugins for IoT devices

Alternate Detection PQC

• Kernel crypto API detection (AF_ALG)
• Static linking detection (Go, Rust)
• Symbol analysis for embedded crypto
• Improved PQC classification for alternate-detected apps

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v1.6.0 (November 2025)

Extensible Crypto Registry

• YAML configuration for crypto library definitions
• Built-in registry: OpenSSL, libgcrypt, libsodium, nettle, Kerberos
• Graceful fallback on YAML errors

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v1.3.0 (November 2025)

YAML Plugin Architecture

• Declarative service plugins in YAML
• 50+ enterprise plugins included
• 19 embedded Linux plugins for IoT
• Phase pipeline: Detection → Extraction → Generation

Service Discovery Enhancements

• 5 detection methods: process, port, config, systemd, package
• 6 config parsers: INI, Apache, Nginx, YAML, JSON, OpenSSL cipher
• Full dependency graph: SERVICE→PROTOCOL→SUITE→ALGORITHM

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v1.2.0 (November 2025)

PQC Assessment Enhancements

• Break year estimation: 2030/2035/2040/2045 timeline
• Migration report: --pqc-report flag
• Per-component rationale: Explains classification
• Hybrid detection: X25519-ML-KEM-768

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v1.1.0 (November 2025)

Schema Compliance

• 100% CycloneDX validation pass rate
• Human-readable bom-refs: cert:digicert-root-ca
• Zero hash collisions

Deprecated

• Epoch timestamps (use ISO-8601)

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v1.0.0 (November 2025)

Initial Release

• 5 built-in scanners: Certificate, Key, Package, Service, Filesystem
• CycloneDX 1.6/1.7 output
• PQC readiness assessment
• Privacy-by-default (GDPR/CCPA)
• Multi-threaded scanning
• Persistent caching
• SLSA provenance