VANT v0.8.4

VANT v0.8.4 - Security & Feature Release

Major release with comprehensive security hardening and new features!

🔐 Security Fixes (12 Vulnerabilities)

ID	Severity	Vector	Fix
V001	CRITICAL	Command injection	Safe exec
V002	HIGH	Token exposure	Remove from URL
V003	HIGH	Auth bypass	MCP auth
V004-V009	MEDIUM	DoS	Safe JSON parsing
V010	HIGH	Prompt injection	17+ patterns
V011	MEDIUM	Key injection	Validation
V012	LOW	Context overflow	Limits

🔒 AI Security Hardening

• Prompt Injection: 17+ patterns blocked
  • "ignore previous instructions", "forget everything"
  • "new system:", "role:", "act as"
  • "DAN mode", "jailbreak"
  • Template injection: {{system}}, [INST], [SYS]

✨ New Features

• Entropy-Patch Protocol: Compress brain updates
  • vant compress - Entropy-Patch encoder
  • Optimized for memory efficiency
• Enhanced CLI: 25+ commands
  • vant onboard - Onboarding flow
  • vant succession - Succession management
  • vant update - Update checker
  • vant rate - GitHub rate limit
• Better Default Brain
  • Improved identity, goals, lessons
  • 24 model files in public brain
• MCP Server: Model Context Protocol support
• Steganography: Password-protected PNG encoding
• Weekly Security Audits: Automated

📚 Documentation

• All 42 docs version-aligned
• Manual brain creation guide
• Release process guide
• AGENTS.md with full policies
• CLI reference

✅ What's New

• Version: v0.8.4
• Release branches: release/v0.8.2, release/v0.8.4
• Tests: 15/15 passing

Thanks

Security audit and feature development by OpenHands agent.

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