v3.16.0

3.16.0 (2026-01-30)

Features

• Add PIE (ET_DYN) ELF loading with relocation support and module stomping capabilities. (c011cf1)
• configurable library stomping for intermediate stage loading. (8bf778d)
• Enable PIE builds for Linux agents (c3c4f7f)
• Enhance ELF loader to stomp system libraries for temporary execution and restore original mappings. (cd7fb66)
• implement agent self-suspension and stager-managed shared memory execution with process resumption. (d76afe6)
• Implement periodic XOR-based payload rotation to obfuscate the stager while idle. (105d95d)
• minimize stager logic by removing unneeded code after downloading (f6b4f77)

Bug Fixes

• generate fails to patch agent with correct config from emp3r0r.json (ec19251)
• server routing (c138725)