Merge branch 'master' into idalib-tests

Bumps [pre-commit](https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit) from 4.2.0 to 4.5.0.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit/releases)
- [Changelog](https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md)
- [Commits](https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit/compare/v4.2.0...v4.5.0)

---
updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: pre-commit
  dependency-version: 4.5.0
  dependency-type: direct:development
  update-type: version-update:semver-minor
...

Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>
Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

.bumpversion.toml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tool.bumpversion]
-current_version = "9.2.1"
+current_version = "9.3.1"
 
 [[tool.bumpversion.files]]
 filename = "capa/version.py"
@@ -19,4 +19,9 @@ replace = '"flare-capa=={new_version}"'
 [[tool.bumpversion.files]]
 filename = "CHANGELOG.md"
 search = "v{current_version}...master"
-replace = "{current_version}...{new_version}"
+replace = "v{current_version}...{new_version}"
+
+[[tool.bumpversion.files]]
+filename = "CHANGELOG.md"
+search = "master (unreleased)"
+replace = "v{new_version}"

.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ repos:
         -   "--ignore=tests/test_ghidra_features.py"
         -   "--ignore=tests/test_ida_features.py"
         -   "--ignore=tests/test_viv_features.py"
+        -   "--ignore=tests/test_idalib_features.py"
         -   "--ignore=tests/test_main.py"
         -   "--ignore=tests/test_scripts.py"
         always_run: true

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -3,11 +3,55 @@
 ## master (unreleased)
 
 ### New Features
-- ci: add support for arm64 binary releases
 
 ### Breaking Changes
 
-### New Rules (21)
+### New Rules (0)
+
+-
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+### capa Explorer Web
+
+### capa Explorer IDA Pro plugin
+
+### Development
+
+### Raw diffs
+- [capa v9.3.1...master](https://github.com/mandiant/capa/compare/v9.3.1...master)
+- [capa-rules v9.3.1...master](https://github.com/mandiant/capa-rules/compare/v9.3.1...master)
+
+## v9.3.1
+
+This patch release fixes a missing import for the capa explorer plugin for IDA Pro.
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+- add missing ida-netnode dependency to project.toml @mike-hunhoff #2765
+
+### Development
+
+- ci: bump binja min version @mike-hunhoff #2763
+
+### Raw diffs
+- [capa v9.3.0...master](https://github.com/mandiant/capa/compare/v9.3.0...master)
+- [capa-rules v9.3.0...master](https://github.com/mandiant/capa-rules/compare/v9.3.0...master)
+
+## v9.3.0
+
+capa v9.3.0 comes with over 20 new and/or impoved rules.
+For IDA users the capa explorer plugin is now available via the IDA Pro plugin repository and contains Qt compatibility layer for PyQt5 and PySide6 support.
+Additionally a Binary Ninja bug has been fixed. Released binaries now include ARM64 binaries (Linux and macOS).
+
+### New Features
+
+- ci: add support for arm64 binary releases
+- tests: run tests against IDA via idalib @williballenthin #2742
+
+### Breaking Changes
+
+### New Rules (24)
 
 - anti-analysis/anti-vm/vm-detection/detect-mouse-movement-via-activity-checks-on-windows tevajdr@gmail.com
 - nursery/create-executable-heap moritz.raabe@mandiant.com
@@ -29,7 +73,9 @@
 - host-interaction/network/routing-table/get-routing-table michael.hunhoff@mandiant.com
 - host-interaction/file-system/use-io_uring-io-interface-on-linux jakubjozwiak@google.com
 - collection/keylog/log-keystrokes-via-direct-input zeze-zeze
--
+- nursery/compiled-from-fsharp mehunhoff@google.com
+- nursery/decrypt-data-using-aes-via-dotnet mehunhoff@google.com
+- nursery/get-dotnet-assembly-entry-point mehunhoff@google.com
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
@@ -41,6 +87,7 @@
 
 - add `ida-plugin.json` for inclusion in the IDA Pro plugin repository @williballenthin
 - ida plugin: add Qt compatibility layer for PyQt5 and PySide6 support @williballenthin #2707
+- delay import to not load Qt* when running under idalib @mr-tz #2752
 
 ### Development
 
@@ -48,8 +95,8 @@
 - dev: add bumpmyversion to bump and sync versions across the project @mr-tz
 
 ### Raw diffs
-- [capa v9.2.1...master](https://github.com/mandiant/capa/compare/v9.2.1...master)
-- [capa-rules v9.2.1...master](https://github.com/mandiant/capa-rules/compare/v9.2.1...master)
+- [capa v9.2.1...9.3.0](https://github.com/mandiant/capa/compare/v9.2.1...9.3.0)
+- [capa-rules v9.2.1...9.3.0](https://github.com/mandiant/capa-rules/compare/v9.2.1...9.3.0)
 
 ## v9.2.1
 

capa/ida/plugin/__init__.py

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import logging
 import idaapi
 import ida_kernwin
 
-from capa.ida.plugin.form import CapaExplorerForm
 from capa.ida.plugin.icon import ICON
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -74,6 +73,9 @@ class CapaExplorerPlugin(idaapi.plugin_t):
           arg (int): bitflag. Setting LSB enables automatic analysis upon
           loading. The other bits are currently undefined. See `form.Options`.
         """
+        # delay import to not trigger load of Qt components when not running in idaq, i.e., in idalib
+        from capa.ida.plugin.form import CapaExplorerForm
+
         if not self.form:
             self.form = CapaExplorerForm(self.PLUGIN_NAME, arg)
         else:

capa/ida/plugin/ida-plugin.json

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "plugin": {
     "name": "capa",
     "entryPoint": "capa_explorer.py",
-    "version": "9.2.1",
+    "version": "9.3.1",
     "idaVersions": ">=7.4",
     "description": "Identify capabilities in executable files using FLARE's capa framework",
     "license": "Apache-2.0",
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
       "api-scripting-and-automation",
       "ui-ux-and-visualization"
     ],
-    "pythonDependencies": ["flare-capa==9.2.1"],
+    "pythonDependencies": ["flare-capa==9.3.1"],
     "urls": {
       "repository": "https://github.com/mandiant/capa"
     },

capa/version.py

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-__version__ = "9.2.1"
+__version__ = "9.3.1"
 
 
 def get_major_version():

pyproject.toml

@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ dependencies = [
     # comments and context.
     "pyyaml>=6",
     "colorama>=0.4",
+    "ida-netnode>=3.0",
     "ida-settings>=3.1.0",
     "ruamel.yaml>=0.18",
     "pefile>=2023.2.7",
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ dev = [
     # we want all developer environments to be consistent.
     # These dependencies are not used in production environments
     # and should not conflict with other libraries/tooling.
-    "pre-commit==4.2.0",
+    "pre-commit==4.5.0",
     "pytest==8.0.0",
     "pytest-sugar==1.1.1",
     "pytest-instafail==0.5.0",
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ dev = [
     "flake8-use-pathlib==0.3.0",
     "flake8-copyright==0.2.4",
     "ruff==0.12.0",
-    "black==25.1.0",
+    "black==25.11.0",
     "isort==6.0.0",
     "mypy==1.17.1",
     "mypy-protobuf==3.6.0",
@@ -157,9 +158,9 @@ build = [
     # we want all developer environments to be consistent.
     # These dependencies are not used in production environments
     # and should not conflict with other libraries/tooling.
-    "pyinstaller==6.14.1",
+    "pyinstaller==6.16.0",
     "setuptools==80.9.0",
-    "build==1.2.2"
+    "build==1.3.0"
 ]
 scripts = [
     # can (optionally) be more lenient on dependencies here

requirements.txt

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ cxxfilt==0.3.0
 dncil==1.0.2
 dnfile==0.17.0
 funcy==2.0
-humanize==4.13.0
+humanize==4.14.0
 ida-netnode==3.0
 ida-settings==3.2.2
 intervaltree==3.1.0
@@ -22,16 +22,16 @@ msgpack==1.0.8
 networkx==3.4.2
 pefile==2024.8.26
 pip==25.3
-protobuf==6.31.1
+protobuf==6.33.1
 pyasn1==0.5.1
 pyasn1-modules==0.3.0
-pycparser==2.22
-pydantic==2.11.4
+pycparser==2.23
+pydantic==2.12.4
 # pydantic pins pydantic-core, 
 # but dependabot updates these separately (which is broken) and is annoying,
 # so we rely on pydantic to pull in the right version of pydantic-core.
 # pydantic-core==2.23.4
-xmltodict==0.14.2
+xmltodict==1.0.2
 pyelftools==0.32
 pygments==2.19.1
 python-flirt==0.9.2

tests/fixtures.py

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-
+import logging
 import contextlib
 import collections
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ from functools import lru_cache
 import pytest
 
 import capa.main
+import capa.helpers
 import capa.features.file
 import capa.features.insn
 import capa.features.common
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ from capa.features.extractors.base_extractor import (
 )
 from capa.features.extractors.dnfile.extractor import DnfileFeatureExtractor
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 CD = Path(__file__).resolve().parent
 DOTNET_DIR = CD / "data" / "dotnet"
 DNFILE_TESTFILES = DOTNET_DIR / "dnfile-testfiles"
@@ -200,6 +202,42 @@ def get_binja_extractor(path: Path):
     return extractor
 
 
+# we can't easily cache this because the extractor relies on global state (the opened database)
+# which also has to be closed elsewhere. so, the idalib tests will just take a little bit to run.
+def get_idalib_extractor(path: Path):
+    import capa.features.extractors.ida.idalib as idalib
+
+    if not idalib.has_idalib():
+        raise RuntimeError("cannot find IDA idalib module.")
+
+    if not idalib.load_idalib():
+        raise RuntimeError("failed to load IDA idalib module.")
+
+    import idapro
+    import ida_auto
+
+    import capa.features.extractors.ida.extractor
+
+    logger.debug("idalib: opening database...")
+
+    idapro.enable_console_messages(False)
+    # - 0 - Success (database not packed)
+    # - 1 - Success (database was packed)
+    # - 2 - User cancelled or 32-64 bit conversion failed
+    # - 4 - Database initialization failed
+    # - -1 - Generic errors (database already open, auto-analysis failed, etc.)
+    # - -2 - User cancelled operation
+    ret = idapro.open_database(str(path), run_auto_analysis=True)
+    if ret not in (0, 1):
+        raise RuntimeError("failed to analyze input file")
+
+    logger.debug("idalib: waiting for analysis...")
+    ida_auto.auto_wait()
+    logger.debug("idalib: opened database.")
+
+    return capa.features.extractors.ida.extractor.IdaFeatureExtractor()
+
+
 @lru_cache(maxsize=1)
 def get_cape_extractor(path):
     from capa.helpers import load_json_from_path
@@ -894,20 +932,8 @@ FEATURE_PRESENCE_TESTS = sorted(
         ("mimikatz", "function=0x4556E5", capa.features.insn.API("advapi32.LsaQueryInformationPolicy"), False),
         ("mimikatz", "function=0x4556E5", capa.features.insn.API("LsaQueryInformationPolicy"), True),
         # insn/api: x64
-        (
-            "kernel32-64",
-            "function=0x180001010",
-            capa.features.insn.API("RtlVirtualUnwind"),
-            True,
-        ),
         ("kernel32-64", "function=0x180001010", capa.features.insn.API("RtlVirtualUnwind"), True),
         # insn/api: x64 thunk
-        (
-            "kernel32-64",
-            "function=0x1800202B0",
-            capa.features.insn.API("RtlCaptureContext"),
-            True,
-        ),
         ("kernel32-64", "function=0x1800202B0", capa.features.insn.API("RtlCaptureContext"), True),
         # insn/api: x64 nested thunk
         ("al-khaser x64", "function=0x14004B4F0", capa.features.insn.API("__vcrt_GetModuleHandle"), True),

tests/test_binja_features.py

@@ -70,4 +70,4 @@ def test_standalone_binja_backend():
 @pytest.mark.skipif(binja_present is False, reason="Skip binja tests if the binaryninja Python API is not installed")
 def test_binja_version():
     version = binaryninja.core_version_info()
-    assert version.major == 5 and version.minor == 1
+    assert version.major == 5 and version.minor == 2

tests/test_idalib_features.py

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+# Copyright 2020 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import logging
+
+import pytest
+import fixtures
+
+import capa.features.extractors.ida.idalib
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+idalib_present = capa.features.extractors.ida.idalib.has_idalib()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(idalib_present is False, reason="Skip idalib tests if the idalib Python API is not installed")
+@fixtures.parametrize(
+    "sample,scope,feature,expected",
+    fixtures.FEATURE_PRESENCE_TESTS + fixtures.FEATURE_SYMTAB_FUNC_TESTS,
+    indirect=["sample", "scope"],
+)
+def test_idalib_features(sample, scope, feature, expected):
+    try:
+        fixtures.do_test_feature_presence(fixtures.get_idalib_extractor, sample, scope, feature, expected)
+    finally:
+        logger.debug("closing database...")
+        import idapro
+
+        idapro.close_database(save=False)
+        logger.debug("opened database.")
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(idalib_present is False, reason="Skip idalib tests if the idalib Python API is not installed")
+@fixtures.parametrize(
+    "sample,scope,feature,expected",
+    fixtures.FEATURE_COUNT_TESTS,
+    indirect=["sample", "scope"],
+)
+def test_idalib_feature_counts(sample, scope, feature, expected):
+    try:
+        fixtures.do_test_feature_count(fixtures.get_idalib_extractor, sample, scope, feature, expected)
+    finally:
+        logger.debug("closing database...")
+        import idapro
+
+        idapro.close_database(save=False)
+        logger.debug("closed database.")

web/explorer/package-lock.json

@@ -2272,10 +2272,11 @@
             }
         },
         "node_modules/glob": {
-            "version": "10.4.2",
-            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/glob/-/glob-10.4.2.tgz",
-            "integrity": "sha512-GwMlUF6PkPo3Gk21UxkCohOv0PLcIXVtKyLlpEI28R/cO/4eNOdmLk3CMW1wROV/WR/EsZOWAfBbBOqYvs88/w==",
+            "version": "10.5.0",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/glob/-/glob-10.5.0.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-DfXN8DfhJ7NH3Oe7cFmu3NCu1wKbkReJ8TorzSAFbSKrlNaQSKfIzqYqVY8zlbs2NLBbWpRiU52GX2PbaBVNkg==",
             "dev": true,
+            "license": "ISC",
             "dependencies": {
                 "foreground-child": "^3.1.0",
                 "jackspeak": "^3.1.2",
@@ -2287,9 +2288,6 @@
             "bin": {
                 "glob": "dist/esm/bin.mjs"
             },
-            "engines": {
-                "node": ">=16 || 14 >=14.18"
-            },
             "funding": {
                 "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/isaacs"
             }
@@ -2641,10 +2639,11 @@
             }
         },
         "node_modules/js-yaml": {
-            "version": "4.1.0",
-            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/js-yaml/-/js-yaml-4.1.0.tgz",
-            "integrity": "sha512-wpxZs9NoxZaJESJGIZTyDEaYpl0FKSA+FB9aJiyemKhMwkxQg63h4T1KJgUGHpTqPDNRcmmYLugrRjJlBtWvRA==",
+            "version": "4.1.1",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/js-yaml/-/js-yaml-4.1.1.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-qQKT4zQxXl8lLwBtHMWwaTcGfFOZviOJet3Oy/xmGk2gZH677CJM9EvtfdSkgWcATZhj/55JZ0rmy3myCT5lsA==",
             "dev": true,
+            "license": "MIT",
             "dependencies": {
                 "argparse": "^2.0.1"
             },

web/public/index.html

@@ -212,6 +212,18 @@
 
       <h2 class="mt-3">Tool Updates</h2>
 
+      <h3 class="mt-2">v9.3.1 (<em>2025-11-19</em>)</h3>
+      <p class="mt-0">
+        This patch release fixes a missing import for the capa explorer plugin for IDA Pro.
+      </p>
+
+      <h3 class="mt-2">v9.3.0 (<em>2025-11-12</em>)</h3>
+      <p class="mt-0">
+        capa v9.3.0 comes with over 20 new and/or impoved rules.
+        For IDA users the capa explorer plugin is now available via the IDA Pro plugin repository and contains Qt compatibility layer for PyQt5 and PySide6 support.
+        Additionally a Binary Ninja bug has been fixed. Released binaries now include ARM64 binaries (Linux and macOS).
+      </p>
+
       <h3 class="mt-2">v9.2.1 (<em>2025-06-06</em>)</h3>
       <p class="mt-0">
         This point release fixes bugs including removing an unnecessary PyInstaller warning message and enabling the standalone binary to execute on systems running older versions of glibc.