Introducing Dradis Echo

Now AI integration is available (and entirely optional!) for Dradis. With Dradis Echo, you can deploy your preferred LLM in Ollama – a framework that lets you run LLMs locally, no external connections at all necessary – to work with Dradis. Use it to summarize raw scanner output, rewrite tester notes into executive language, enhance remediation advice, and more!

Webhooks for Dradis Gateway

You can now use Webhooks to carry out actions based on events in Gateway. Contributor requests, remediation progress, and project completions can trigger automated actions across your security stack. For example, kick off an onboarding flow when a client submits a project through Gateway, post Slack updates on new events in Gateway projects, or sync your ticket status across Jira, Azure DevOps, or ServiceNow.

While only Gateway webhooks are supported in Dradis v4.19, we plan to support other types of events in the future!

IssueLibrary improvements

We have also launched a series of improvements to the IssueLibrary. You can now upload CSV files to the IssueLibrary to bulk-import your own set of custom issues. You can bulk-delete issues in the IssueLibrary view. And finally, now when you go to add an IssueLibrary entry to a project, you can see each entry’s QA status, so you don’t import an unreviewed work-in-progress by accident!

Release Notes

• Editor:
  • Add inline code and highlight code buttons to the toolbar
• Layout:
  • Improve primary action visibility for Evidence, Issues, Methodologies, Notes, and Node Properties
• Navigation:
  • Move Trash and Project Configurations in main navigation bar
• Contributors:
  • Add a dashboard with Gateway, Remediation Tracker, and Notification widgets
• Hera:
  • Improve primary action visibility and add view description
• Projects:
  • Add user select-all functionality in project creation
• Webhooks:
  • Add event-driven webhook implementation
• Upgraded gems:
  • faraday, rack, rails, uri
• Bugs fixes:
  • Editor:
    • Add disabled button styling
  • Datatables:
    • Ensure correct record ordering when applying sorting
  • Kits:
    • Restore the functionality of the ‘Add mappings from kit’ option
  • Notifications:
    • Remove the duplicate breadcrumb link shown in project notifications
  • Sidebar:
    • Prevent the toggle button from being covered by the scrollbar
• New integrations:
  • Webhooks:
    • react to server-side events in your other systems
• Integration enhancements:
  • Gateway:
    • Add activities tracking
    • Add event instrumentation for webhooks
• Issue Library:
  • Add bulk delete action for entries
  • Import entries to the library using a CSV file
  • Import published entries to projects when using QA

Not using Dradis Pro?

• Automated pentest reporting tool, the cybersecurity reports you’re used to, generated in a fraction of the time
• Combine the output from 20+ different tools into a single report.
• Deliver consistent results. Never forget any steps, always know what has been covered and what is still ahead.
• Pentesting collaboration: all information available across the team.

White-labeling

Admin testers can now add a custom logo and brand color in the Instance Settings view. Contributors will see this logo and color in the Dradis UI, providing a white-labeled experience that reflects your brand identity.

Simply click on the cogwheel to the top right, click Instance Configuration, then White Labeling, and set your preferred logo and brand colour.

Now your Contributor Login page will be branded with your logo and colour scheme.

MITRE ATT&CK calculator

We have added a new MITRE ATT&CK calculator, based on the MITRE ATT&CK matrices for Enterprise, Mobile, and ICS (more details: https://attack.mitre.org/). You can now add MITRE ATT&CK metrics to Issues from the MITRE tab.

Once you select a Tactic, the calculator will load the associated list of Techniques, followed by Sub-Techniques based on your selection. You can include Enterprise, Mobile, and ICS data all within the same Issue.

Additionally, the calculator is available as a standalone tool from the Tools menu in the top navigation bar.

Kit downloads

Report templates can now be downloaded as a Kit, including report template properties and mappings. This makes it easier to share and reuse report templates while maintaining all of the associated context.

Release Notes

• Activation:
  • Add offline activation option for when online activation fails
• Active project cards:
  • Display the most recently updated Methodology
  • Render empty states instead of hiding content
• Admin settings:
  • Add ability to white label contributor-facing views
  • Update UI to match other settings-related UIs
• Analyzer:
  • Add support for multi-word fields
• Calculators:
  • Add MITRE ATT&CK
• Contributors:
  • Use Contributor login by default
• Hera:
  • Update brand colors
  • Add sub-navigation icons to improve consistency
• Jobs:
  • Add /jobs view to view and manage background jobs
• Logs:
  • Update logs to use string UIDs
• Mailer:
  • Fix email footer incorrectly redirecting to tester login
• Profile:
  • Add click-to-reveal functionality for the API token
• Report Templates:
  • Add option to download a kit for each report template
• Upgraded gems:
  • nokogiri
• Bugs fixes:
  • Avatars:
    • Fix avatars disappearing after enabling/disabling an integration
  • Calculators:
    • Render Calculator links in tools menu
  • Quote Selector:
    • Scroll to comment box in Safari after selecting quote content
• Word:
  • Only process scoped issues in node content controls
  • Don’t create an analytics event when validating the project
• Integration enhancements:
  • Gateway:
    • Add dynamic project title to Ares theme
  • Issue Library:
    • Update issues import to be more consistent with the table search
  • LDAP:
    • Enable installation and editable configuration through the Tool Manager
  • Nessus:
    • Ignore entries that have blank values
  • SAML:
    • Add name_identifier_format in the config generator and default to ’emailAddress’ instead of ‘unspecified’
• Reporting enhancements:
  • Adjust the default styles for unordered bulleted lists
  • Excel:
    • Track failed job states using JobTracker
  • Filters:
    • Fix filters with double quotes (“) not catching the correct values
  • Word:
    • Track failed job states using JobTracker
• REST/JSON API enhancements:
  • Export: Add endpoints for exporting and downloading Word/Excel reports
  • Upload: Add endpoint for uploading tool outputs

Not using Dradis Pro?

New visual redesign

Our designers have been working to completely overhaul the application interface to be more modern and integrated. Both the main interface and the individual projects view now use the same visual style, and you have access to all the application’s sections from the project view, so now you can go straight to your mappings or IssueLibrary from your project, rather than having to go through the Dashboard first.

Gateway Services and Questionnaires

As we continue to improve the features and possibilities of the Dradis Gateway, we have now created a new Services section of the portal. Here you can create questionnaires, which you can then send to Gateway Contributors. For example, you could use a questionnaire to establish the scope and goals of a penetration test before starting a Dradis project for them. On the basis of their responses, you can create a new project for their team right from the questionnaire results.

MFA with one-time passcodes

We have now created our own multi-factor authentication integration, Dradis OTP. You are no longer limited to using DuoWeb for free MFA in Dradis. With Dradis OTP, you can create and scan a QR code to use for MFA in whichever MFA app you prefer.

Audit logging

By popular request, we have created the Dradis Audit integration, which tracks activity in Dradis on a deeper level than the Recent Activity tabs and gathers it in one place. Your logs for the whole Dradis instance are now easily accessible for your security, compliance, and accountability needs.

Release Notes

• Contributors:
  • Add an intermediate login page to prevent Microsoft Safe Links from consuming the one-time token
  • Add Notification Settings link
• Forms: Add a combobox for selecting, filtering, and creating options
• Hera: Add new layout with redesigned navigation
• Navigation: Replace Turbolinks with Hotwire
• QA:
  • Add project states and QA stats in the active projects card
  • Add View History link when viewing Issues/Content blocks
  • Add a ‘Reviewer’ role for publishing Issues/Content blocks
  • Automatically go to the next record after reviewing
• Revisions: Show state changes in the revisions view
• Usage Tracking: Track the choice of toggling on/off
• Upgraded gems:
  • capybara, mysql2, net-imap, nokogiri, paper_trail, rack, rails, rails-html-sanitizer, rexml, rspec-rails, selenium-webdriver
• Bug fixes:
  • Report Templates: Make the uploaded template available in the “copy template properties” select menu for subsequent template uploads
• New integrations:
  • Dradis Pro OTP: two-factor authentication using OTP
  • Dradis Pro Audit: enable tracking of key actions for improved visibility and compliance
• Integration enhancements:
  • Azure DevOps: Add support for ‘Iteration Path’ and ‘Tags’ fields
  • Burp: Fix HTML importer associating issues in the wrong node
  • Dradis Plugins: Default to ‘Draft’ state on tool upload
  • Gateway:
    • Add overview of projects using active project cards
    • Services: Implement Services and Questionnaires to initiate a pre-project process
  • Issuelib: Update syntax of default entries
  • Netsparker: Add support for Additional Websites as nodes
  • Nexpose: Fix UnorderedList/OrderedList formatting to work with Textile
  • PDF Export: Add table of contents
• Reporting enhancements:
  • Export: Default export button to ‘All’ if all records in project are in ‘draft’ state
  • Word: Fix links containing special characters by no longer double escaping
• REST/JSON API enhancements:
  • Nodes: include Node properties

Not using Dradis Pro?

We’re heading to Singapore for Black Hat Asia 2025, and we’ll be showing off the latest in streamlined reporting and collaboration at our Dradis Arsenal demo. We’re excited to be part of the Black Hat Arsenal, demoing how Dradis helps security teams collaborate and report more effectively.

Catch us here:

🧪 Dradis @ Black Hat Arsenal  
Business Hall – Arsenal Station 3
📅 April 3, 10:05am-11:20am

Learn how our most recent updates—which include in-app quality assurance workflows, easier deployment with Docker, and AI-driven enhancements—allow for the creation of reports faster and with greater quality.

📍 See our Arsenal session

When we’re not presenting, we’ll be diving into the briefings, trainings, and executive summits across AI, exploit development, cloud, and physical infrastructure. Here’s what we’re most excited about.

🔐 Briefings We’re Watching

🚗 DriveThru Car Hacking: Fast Food, Faster Data Breach

Speakers: Alina Tan, George Chen, et al
Tracks: Privacy, Network Security
A real-world case study of how a popular drive-thru system was compromised—leading to credential theft, data exfiltration, and a full system takeover. (Search the schedule page for the talk title)

Link: https://www.blackhat.com/asia-25/briefings/schedule/#drivethru-car-hacking-fast-food-faster-data-breach-43514

🧠 Tinker Tailor LLM Spy: Investigate & Respond to Attacks on GenAI Chatbots

Speaker: Allyn Stott
Tracks: AI, Threat Hunting
Learn how to detect and respond to attacks on GenAI chatbots, including jailbreaks, prompt leaks, and advanced threat scenarios targeting language model behaviors.

Link: https://www.blackhat.com/asia-25/briefings/schedule/#tinker-tailor-llm-spy-investigate–respond-to-attacks-on-genai-chatbots-44556

☁️ The Illusion of Isolation: How Isolation Failures in CI/CD Servers Lead to RCE

Speakers: Tian Zhou, Yiwen Wang
Tracks: Enterprise Security, Application Security
Demonstrates real-world RCE attacks exploiting shared resources in CI/CD environments. Focuses on sandbox bypasses, namespace collisions, and cross-tenant abuse.

Link: https://www.blackhat.com/asia-25/briefings/schedule/#the-illusion-of-isolation-how-isolation-failures-in-cicd-servers-lead-to-rce-and-privacy-risks-43618

🚀 Unveiling the Mysteries of Qualcomm’s QDSP6 JTAG: A Journey into Advanced Theoretical Reverse Engineering

Speaker: Alisa Esage
Track: Reverse Engineering
An advanced reverse engineering walkthrough using QDSP6 JTAG on Qualcomm SoCs. Details undocumented memory regions, interface access, and mobile firmware analysis.

Link: https://www.blackhat.com/asia-25/briefings/schedule/#unveiling-the-mysteries-of-qualcomms-qdsp-jtag-a-journey-into-advanced-theoretical-reverse-engineering-44550

📱 Watch Your Phone: USB-Based File Access Attacks Against Mobile Devices

Speakers: Florian Draschbacher, Lukas Maar
Tracks: Mobile, Exploit Dev
A look at how attackers can access sensitive data on Android phones simply by connecting over USB—even when locked. Includes analysis of newly discovered file access vectors.

Link: https://www.blackhat.com/asia-25/briefings/schedule/#watch-your-phone-novel-usb-based-file-access-attacks-against-mobile-devices-43262

🔥 One Bug to Rule Them All: Preauth RCE on Windows Server 2025

Speakers: Zhiniang Peng, Lewis Lee
Tracks: Exploit Dev, Platform Security
Explores a novel pre-auth remote code execution vulnerability affecting Windows Server 2025, with a reliable exploitation chain and working proof of concept.

Link: https://www.blackhat.com/asia-25/briefings/schedule/#one-bug-to-rule-them-all-stably-exploiting-a-preauth-rce-vulnerability-on-windows-server–44144

🎓 Trainings Worth Highlighting

🧬 A Complete Practical Approach to Malware Analysis and Threat Hunting Using Memory Forensics (Online)

Trainers: Monnappa K A & Sajan Shetty
Great for anyone bridging DFIR and reverse engineering in incident response.

Link: https://www.blackhat.com/asia-25/training/schedule/index.html#a-complete-practical-approach-to-malware-analysis-and-threat-hunting-using-memory-forensics—-edition-online–42806

🔐 Advanced Infrastructure Hacking

Trainer: NotSoSecure / Tiago Carvalho
Packed with practical labs for seasoned pentesters focusing on modern networks.

Link: https://www.blackhat.com/asia-25/training/schedule/index.html#advanced-infrastructure-hacking–42864

🤖 AI Red Teaming in Practice

Trainers: Gary Lopez, Dr. Amanda Minnich (Microsoft AI Red Team)
Learn how real AI systems get attacked—and how Microsoft red teams fight back.

Link: https://www.blackhat.com/asia-25/training/schedule/index.html#ai-red-teaming-in-practice–43046

🧑‍💼 From the Executive Summit

🧠 Accelerating ML SecOps: Breaking Barriers, Fueling Innovation

Speaker: Andrew Chen
The opening keynote for the AI Summit—and a great signal on where the field is heading.

Link: https://www.blackhat.com/asia-25/summit-sessions/schedule/index.html#opening-keynote–accelerating-ml-secops-breaking-barriers-fueling-innovation-44566

💸 The War Against State Actors: Bleeding Edge Techniques Targeting Financial Services

Speaker: Vivek Ramachandran
If you’re defending high-value financial infrastructure, don’t miss this.

Link: https://www.blackhat.com/asia-25/summit-sessions/schedule/index.html#the-war-against-state-actors-bleeding-edge-techniques-targeting-financial-services-44898

🤖 LLM Firewalls: Are They the Future of AI Security?

Speakers: Matthias Chin, Xiaojun Jia
Fireside chat on securing AI models with perimeter-style defenses—what works, what’s hype?

Link: https://www.blackhat.com/asia-25/summit-sessions/schedule/index.html#fireside-chat–llm-firewalls-are-they-the-future-of-ai-security-44576

👋 Come say ‘Hi’

If your team is tired of copying and pasting findings, fighting with Word templates, or working in silos—come see how Dradis makes reporting and collaboration painless.

📍 Dradis @ Arsenal
📅 Thursday, April 3 | 10:05am-11:20am
🔗 Event link

We’re heading to Singapore for Black Hat Asia 2025, and we’ll be showing off the latest in streamlined reporting and collaboration at our Dradis Arsenal demo. We’re excited to be part of the Black Hat Arsenal, demoing how Dradis helps security teams collaborate and report more effectively.

Catch us here:

🧪 Dradis @ Black Hat Arsenal  
Business Hall – Arsenal Station 3
📅 April 3, 10:05am-11:20am

Learn how our most recent updates—which include in-app quality assurance workflows, easier deployment with Docker, and AI-driven enhancements—allow for the creation of reports faster and with greater quality.

📍 See our Arsenal session

When we’re not presenting, we’ll be diving into the briefings, trainings, and executive summits across AI, exploit development, cloud, and physical infrastructure. Here’s what we’re most excited about.

Cross-references in Word reports

A frequent report template request is being able to cross-reference Issues, so that you can have a summary table of issues in one part of the finished report that links to each full Issue description later in the report. Previously we have implemented this using VBA macros; now you can do it right in the Word template using content controls, no VBA needed!

You can create links in summary tables, or even refer to specific issues in other blocks of text (such as Content Blocks) with links directly to each individual issue you want to reference. For example, maybe you have a “Most urgent issues” content block? Now you can refer to those individual issues with links in text.

Reach out to us if you would like us to implement cross-referencing in your Word report templates, or if you currently have a VBA macro implementation of cross-referencing that you want to replace with the built-in cross-referencing feature.

Custom Tag Order

You have been able to customise tags in Dradis for a while; now you can sort them dynamically as well. For example, maybe you have your own custom “Resolved” tag as well as your typical High/Medium/Low tags, and you want Resolved issues sorted first. Now you can do that! Change your mind and want to see High issues first? Re-order the tags and you’re done.

Kit Updates

We refreshed our built-in Kits with updated templates for reports, projects, issues, and more. We also included integration mappings and rules, along with an OWASP Top 10 methodology update.

Kits can be deployed immediately on an instance (no upload required) and can be used immediately with some tool output for which mappings are included. Other tweaks like CVSSv4 support are also included.

Release Notes

• Projects: Add `Owner` column to projects data table
• Tags: Add custom ordering
• Welcome Kit:
  • Add HTML report template
  • Add issue and evidence templates
  • Add integration mappings
  • Add project template
  • Add rules for Rules Engine
  • Update OWASP Top 10 methodology to latest version (2021)
  • Update report templates
• Upgraded gems: net-scp, net-ssh, rexml
• Bug fixes:
  • Dashboard: refresh cache on recent project changes
  • Word export: allow charts to be edited post-export
• Integration enhancements:
  • Gateway: Process Liquid in content block, evidence, issue and note text by default when rendering template
  • SAML: Bump ruby-saml dependency to 1.17
• Reporting enhancements:
  • Word:
    • Add support for cross-references
    • Add support for mismatched nested lists
• Security Fixes:
  • High: Authenticated (author) persistent cross-site scripting

Not using Dradis Pro?

Dradis exists to give pentesting teams more time to do what they do best, cutting the busywork from cybersecurity projects by automating pentest reporting and streamlining collaboration.

To achieve this, we’re continually improving the product. Fixing bugs and adding/improving features. 

Let’s look back on the updates that shaped Dradis Pro in 2024. From major feature rollouts to smaller, user-requested enhancements, our focus remained on delivering tools that help streamline workflows and improve reporting efficiency.

v4.12: Enhanced Mappings Manager and CVSSv4 Support

Released in May 2024

• Overhauled Mappings Manager: We’ve revamped the Mappings Manager to associate configurations directly with specific report templates and their properties. This change allows for distinct plugin mappings tailored to each report template, streamlining your reporting process.
• CVSSv4 Calculator Integration: Responding to user feedback, we’ve integrated a CVSSv4 calculator into Dradis Pro. You can now assess vulnerabilities using CVSSv4, with the flexibility to include outputs from multiple calculator versions within the same issue.
• API Enhancements for Attachments: The API now provides additional functionalities for attachments, including access to size, creation date, and direct download links, enhancing automation and integration capabilities.
• Official AWS and Azure Support: Our Dradis images for AWS and Azure have transitioned from beta to officially supported status, ensuring reliable deployments when following our documented methods.

v4.13: Advanced Liquid Support and Scheduler Integration

Released in August 2024

• Expanded Liquid Functionality: We’ve broadened Liquid support, making Liquid drops available at more levels. This enhancement enables dynamic content generation, such as auto-generated executive summaries that summarize recommendations based on issue severity and evidence locations.

• Project Scheduler Calendar Integration: The Project Scheduler now offers secure links to .ics files, facilitating integration with third-party calendar applications like Outlook, Thunderbird, and Apple Calendar. This feature ensures seamless scheduling and project management across platforms.

• Auto-Detection of Word Report Template Properties: To simplify template configuration, Dradis Pro can now auto-detect report template properties upon template upload. This automation reduces manual setup, ensuring accurate project generation, validation, and export.

v4.14: Issue Library Synchronization and Quality Assurance

Released in October 2024

• Synchronized Issues and Issue Library Entries: We’ve introduced synchronization between project issues and Issue Library entries. This feature allows for real-time updates and consistency, enabling you to sync content between associated issues and library entries seamlessly.

• Quality Assurance for Issue Library: A new QA view for the Issue Library lets you review, edit, and manage entries with version history tracking. This addition ensures that reusable issues maintain high quality and consistency across projects.

• Liquid Support for Issue Sorting Fields: We’ve added Liquid support for issue sorting fields, allowing you to use Liquid code within sorting fields without affecting the sort order. The evaluated result of the Liquid code determines the sorting, providing dynamic and customized report organization.

v4.15 – the latest release

We’ve continued releasing updates in 2025, here’s an overview of our latest release:

🔑 What’s New in v4.15:

• Cross-Reference Links: Automatically generate links in Word reports for better navigation.
• Custom Tag Sorting: Sort Issues by Tags in a custom order to prioritize what matters most.
• Updated Built-In Kits: Access refreshed templates for reports, projects, issues, and more.

Check out the full release notes.

Not using Dradis Pro?

• Cybersecurity consultancies; deliver insights to your clients faster, with consistent and accurate results every time
• Corporate security teams; reduce time to remediation and enhance collaboration with automated, centralized processes