Release v7.4.0

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,11 +4,39 @@
 
 ### New Features
 
+### Breaking Changes
+
+### New Rules (0)
+
+-
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+### capa Explorer Web
+
+### capa Explorer IDA Pro plugin
+
+### Development
+
+### Raw diffs
+- [capa v7.4.0...master](https://github.com/mandiant/capa/compare/v7.4.0...master)
+- [capa-rules v7.4.0...master](https://github.com/mandiant/capa-rules/compare/v7.4.0...master)
+
+## v7.4.0
+
+The v7.4.0 capa release fixes a bug when processing VMRay analysis archives and enhances API extraction for all dynamic backends. For better terminal rendering capa now solely relies on the rich library.
+
+The standalone capa executable can now automatically detect installations of relevant third party applications and use their backends (notably, idalib and Binary Ninja). For the extra standalone Linux build we've upgraded from Python 3.11 to 3.12.
+
+Twelve new rules have been added. Thanks to all the contributors!
+
+*This is the last capa version supporting Python 3.8 and 3.9. If you have major concerns about this please reach out to us.*
+
+### New Features
+
 - add IDA v9.0 backend via idalib #2376 @williballenthin
 - locate Binary Ninja API using XDG Desktop Entries #2376 @williballenthin
 
-### Breaking Changes
-
 ### New Rules (15)
 
 - nursery/access-unmanaged-com-objects-in-dotnet [email protected]
@@ -25,7 +53,6 @@
 - host-interaction/firewall/modify/access-firewall-policy-via-inetfwpolicy2 [email protected]
 - host-interaction/firewall/modify/access-firewall-rule-properties-via-inetfwrule [email protected]
 - host-interaction/registry/open-recentdocs-registry-key [email protected]
--
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
@@ -39,14 +66,10 @@
 ### capa Explorer Web
 - improve navigation in capa Explorer Web @s-ff #2425
 
-### capa Explorer IDA Pro plugin
-
-### Development
-
 ### Raw diffs
 
-- [capa v7.3.0...master](https://github.com/mandiant/capa/compare/v7.3.0...master)
-- [capa-rules v7.3.0...master](https://github.com/mandiant/capa-rules/compare/v7.3.0...master)
+- [capa v7.3.0...v7.4.0](https://github.com/mandiant/capa/compare/v7.3.0...v7.4.0)
+- [capa-rules v7.3.0...v7.4.0](https://github.com/mandiant/capa-rules/compare/v7.3.0...v7.4.0)
 
 ## v7.3.0
 

capa/ghidra/capa_explorer.py

@@ -372,6 +372,10 @@ def main():
         from capa.exceptions import UnsupportedRuntimeError
 
         raise UnsupportedRuntimeError("This version of capa can only be used with Python 3.8+")
+    elif sys.version_info < (3, 10):
+        from warnings import warn
+
+        warn("This is the last capa version supporting Python 3.8 and 3.9.", DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
     exit_code = main()
     if exit_code != 0:
         popup("capa explorer encountered errors during analysis. Please check the console output for more information.")  # type: ignore [name-defined] # noqa: F821

capa/ghidra/capa_ghidra.py

@@ -164,4 +164,8 @@ def main():
         from capa.exceptions import UnsupportedRuntimeError
 
         raise UnsupportedRuntimeError("This version of capa can only be used with Python 3.8+")
+    elif sys.version_info < (3, 10):
+        from warnings import warn
+
+        warn("This is the last capa version supporting Python 3.8 and 3.9.", DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
     sys.exit(main())

capa/main.py

@@ -903,6 +903,10 @@ def apply_extractor_filters(extractor: FeatureExtractor, extractor_filters: Filt
 def main(argv: Optional[List[str]] = None):
     if sys.version_info < (3, 8):
         raise UnsupportedRuntimeError("This version of capa can only be used with Python 3.8+")
+    elif sys.version_info < (3, 10):
+        from warnings import warn
+
+        warn("This is the last capa version supporting Python 3.8 and 3.9.", DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
 
     if argv is None:
         argv = sys.argv[1:]

capa/version.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # 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.
-__version__ = "7.3.0"
+__version__ = "7.4.0"
 
 
 def get_major_version():

doc/release.md

@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@
 
     ### Bug Fixes
 
-    ### capa explorer IDA Pro plugin
+    ### capa Explorer Web
+
+    ### capa Explorer IDA Pro plugin
 
     ### Development