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ASL V6 is a research-grade vulnerability assessment and red-teaming engine for Python and AI agent codebases, combining Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) analysis with live Docker runtime testing to verify real security flaws. It achieves 98% false positive reduction through contextual filtering, is fully local and open-source under MIT license, and supports optional LLM-assisted patch generation via NVIDIA API.

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🔴 Currently accepting 3 advisory clients for Q3 2026. Email me or DM on LinkedIn.

Author: Siva Aditya Panuganti (Security Researcher)

Track Record: 6+ CVEs and GHSAs in production AI systems via responsible disclosure to BSI Germany, CERT-EE, and GitHub Security:

CVE-2026-22038 — AutoGPT secrets leak

GHSA-x58f-9m57-qc4m — FlowiseAI sandbox escape

CVE-2025-68621 — Trilium Notes timing side-channel

GHSA-p97p-7x96-7wj5 — LLaMmlein deserialization RCE

What It Does

ASL V6 is a research-grade vulnerability assessment and red-teaming engine for Python and AI agent codebases. It combines Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) code analysis with live Docker runtime testing to verify real security flaws without flooding developers with false alerts.

Technical Capabilities

10 Security Analyzers: Examines code for OWASP Top 10 LLM and Agent vulnerabilities, including prompt injection sinks, goal hijacking, unsafe code execution (eval/exec), and tool abuse.

AST Contextual Filtering: Parses Python syntax trees to ignore test suites, mock files, and docstrings. This eliminates around 98% of false positive alerts.

Live Docker Runtime Verification: Runs untrusted code snippets inside isolated ephemeral Docker containers (python:3.11-slim) to confirm whether an injection is exploitable in a live runtime environment.

Remediation Patch Generation (Optional): Generates structured code fixes and patch suggestions. Works offline using deterministic AST rules, or can connect to NVIDIA developer API endpoints if an API key is provided.

Why This Tool Is Free

ASL V6 is free and open-source under the MIT License.

100% Local Execution: The analyzers, AST filters, and Docker runtime tests execute locally on your machine. They do not send data over the internet or consume API tokens.

Bring Your Own Key (Optional): If you want LLM-assisted code patch suggestions, you can provide your own free developer API key via the NVIDIA_API_KEY environment variable. If no key is provided, the tool automatically uses offline rule-based patch suggestions at zero cost.

Verified Execution Benchmark

Tested on real filesystem repositories:

Repository Files Scanned Raw Alerts Validated True Positives False Positive Reduction Runtime Verification

LangGraph 513 606 13 97.9% VERIFIED IN RUNTIME

ASL V6 Engine 7 48 0 100.0% VERIFIED IN RUNTIME

Installation & Usage

  1. Install Dependencies

git clone https://github.com/sivaadityacoder/asl-v6.git cd asl-v6 pip install -r requirements.txt

  1. Run Live Security Audit

python3 v6_ai_infra_security.py /path/to/your/project

  1. Run the Benchmark

python3 v6_ai_benchmarks.py /path/to/repo1 /path/to/repo2

CI/CD Pull Request Gate

You can use the included GitHub Actions workflow (asl_v6_ci_cd_action.yml) to automatically check pull requests for security flaws during your CI/CD build process.

Security Research & Advisory Services

An automated test engine helps find known patterns, but securing custom agent architectures requires manual review. I work directly with engineering teams on a retainer or fixed-project basis:

Advisory Retainer ($2,500 / month): Monthly architecture review, manual vulnerability discovery, and remediation pull requests written directly for your codebase.

Emergency Security Assessment ($5,000 fixed): 1-week pre-launch code audit or post-incident review with proof-of-concept exploits and remediation guidance.

EU AI Act Technical Documentation ($3,500 - $5,000 fixed): Technical robustness testing and adversarial documentation for European compliance.

Contact: [email protected] | GitHub Profile

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