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0009585Kali LinuxNew Tool Requestspublic2026-03-16 16:46
ReporterRichardBarron27 Assigned Todaniruiz  
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
Status closedResolutionno change required 
Summary0009585: Red-Specter-Arsenal - AI Agent Security Testing Framework
Description

[Name] Red Specter Arsenal
[Version] 1.0.0
[Homepage] https://red-specter.co.uk/arsenal/
[Download] https://red-specter.co.uk/arsenal/docs/
[Author] Richard Barron
[Licence] Apache 2.0
[Description] 14 tools, 2,296 tests, 784 payloads. Tests AI agents (memory, tools, MCP, RAG). Only framework that does full agent stack. Every finding mapped to OWASP/MITRE with signed evidence.
[Dependencies] None
[Similar tools] None in Kali. Garak/PyRIT test LLMs only. Arsenal tests agents.
[Activity] Active. v1.0.0 March 2026. 2,296 tests passing.
[How to install] pip install red-specter-arsenal
[How to use] arsenal full-assault https://target.com --token sk-xxx
[Packaged] Yes — .deb available

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Arszilla

Arszilla

2026-03-13 15:00

reporter   ~0021429

No source code repository. Unless there's one, this will not be packaged by the team or any contributor.

RichardBarron27

RichardBarron27

2026-03-14 08:57

reporter   ~0021434

Hi Arszilla,

Thank you for the honest feedback and for taking the time to review the submission. I understand and respect Kali's packaging policies and the need for fully open, publicly accessible source code.

For now, we'll be focusing our immediate efforts on other distribution channels that align with our current development and release model. Should our approach to public source availability change in the future, I'll certainly revisit the possibility of submitting to Kali again.

Appreciate your time and consideration.

arnaudr

arnaudr

2026-03-16 16:46

manager   ~0021437

Hello @RichardBarron27,

thank you for your submission, but we'll have to decline.

Broadly speaking, we don't and we can't package every possible infosec tools in Kali. So we prioritize tools that already have a notoriety of some sort, a proven userbase, some kind of maturity, etc. It also helps if the software is developed in the open, so that we can assess what the tool is, what it does, and see what the wider infosec community thinks of it.

Best of luck with your project!

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2026-03-10 13:19 RichardBarron27 New Issue
2026-03-11 08:39 daniruiz Summary Red Specter Arsenal - AI Agent Security Testing Framework => Red-Specter-Arsenal - AI Agent Security Testing Framework
2026-03-13 15:00 Arszilla Note Added: 0021429
2026-03-14 08:57 RichardBarron27 Note Added: 0021434
2026-03-16 09:39 daniruiz Assigned To => daniruiz
2026-03-16 09:39 daniruiz Status new => closed
2026-03-16 09:39 daniruiz Resolution open => no change required
2026-03-16 16:46 arnaudr Note Added: 0021437