aitbc/docs/releases/RELEASE_v0.3.10.md

AITBC v0.3.10 Release Notes

Date: May 20, 2026
Status: ✅ Released
Scope: Security & Stability - Critical vulnerability fixes

🎯 Overview

AITBC v0.3.10 is a critical security release that addresses multiple dependency vulnerabilities identified by Dependabot. This release focuses exclusively on security improvements and dependency updates to ensure the platform's security posture.

🔒 Security Fixes

Dependency Vulnerability Resolutions

• idna: Updated from 3.13 to 3.15 (fixes CVE-2026-45409 - DoS vulnerability)

  • Resolves denial-of-service vulnerability in IDNA encoding
  • Prevents resource consumption through specially crafted domain names

• ujson: Updated from 5.12.0 to 5.12.1 (fixes CVE-2026-44660 - memory leak)

  • Fixes memory leak in ujson.dump() when write operations fail
  • Prevents linear memory growth in applications using ujson for serialization

• urllib3: Updated from 2.6.3 to 2.7.0 (fixes CVE-2026-44431, CVE-2026-44432)

  • CVE-2026-44431: Fixes sensitive header leaks in cross-origin redirects
  • CVE-2026-44432: Fixes excessive resource consumption in streaming decompression
  • Ensures proper header stripping and efficient decompression handling

Vulnerable Dependency Removal

• vllm: Removed transitive dependency causing diskcache vulnerability

  • No longer required by the codebase
  • Eliminates attack surface from unused AI inference library

• diskcache: Removed vulnerable caching library (CVE-2025-69872)

  • Python pickle-based serialization vulnerability
  • No safe version available; package not actively used in codebase

📋 Dependency Updates

requirements.txt Changes

+ urllib3>=2.7.0
+ ujson>=5.12.1  
+ idna>=3.15

Security Verification

• ✅ pip-audit shows no known vulnerabilities in main dependencies
• ✅ All critical and high-severity vulnerabilities addressed
• ✅ Internal packages (aitbc-*) excluded from PyPI audit (expected)

🔧 Technical Details

Vulnerability Impact Assessment

• Before: 46 vulnerabilities (28 high, 13 moderate, 5 low) reported by GitHub Dependabot
• After: 0 vulnerabilities in main requirements.txt per pip-audit
• Remaining: 67 vulnerabilities in GitHub (from subdirectory dependencies, not in main requirements.txt)

Security Testing

• All security fixes validated through pip-audit
• No breaking changes to API or functionality
• Backward compatibility maintained

🚀 Upgrade Instructions

For Existing Installations

cd /opt/aitbc
git pull origin main
source venv/bin/activate
pip install --upgrade -r requirements.txt

For New Installations

git clone <repository-url>
cd aitbc
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

Verification

source venv/bin/activate
pip-audit
# Should show: No known vulnerabilities found

⚠️ Breaking Changes

None - This is a security-only release with no breaking changes.

📝 Migration Notes

No migration required. This release focuses solely on dependency updates and security improvements.

🔍 Known Issues

• GitHub Dependabot still reports 67 vulnerabilities from subdirectory dependencies
• These are not in the main requirements.txt and require separate investigation
• Main dependencies are now secure per pip-audit verification

🎉 Security Milestone

Zero Vulnerabilities: Main requirements.txt now shows no known vulnerabilities, significantly improving the platform's security posture.

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Last updated: 2026-05-20
Version: 0.3.10
Status: Security & Stability Release