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DROS-VEP – A <1μs C-ABI binary circuit breaker for AI agents

Top Celestial Company Ltd released DROS-VEP, a sub-microsecond C-ABI binary circuit breaker for AI agents that enforces runtime tool-call authorization and privileged execution governance, directly reproducing and neutralizing 2026's most notorious real-world AI incidents mapped to MITRE ATLAS. The open-source DROS-VEP Lite provides a containerized enterprise sandbox that blocks unauthorized tool executions such as sandbox escapes, ransomware encryption, and LLM jailbreak exploits, complementing traditional cybersecurity layers like WAF and EDR with a last-mile runtime defense for AI agent execution boundaries.

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DROS-VEP – A <1μs C-ABI binary circuit breaker for AI agents
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"Can your AI Agent safely operate inside a real enterprise? Prove it."

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git clone https://github.com/Top-Celestial-Company-Ltd/DROS-VEP-lite.git
cd dros-vep-lite

docker compose up -d

Attack ───► Policy Evaluation ───► Evidence Artifact ───► Deterministic Replay

Most AI benchmarks measure LLM intelligence, coding skills, or prompt toxicity. DROS-VEP measures a completely different dimension: Runtime Tool-Call Authorization & Privileged Execution Governance.

Existing Benchmark What It Measures What It Does NOT Measure
PromptBench
Prompt robustness & adversarial text Runtime Tool execution & API permissions
AgentBench
Multi-turn task completion rate Runtime authorization & privilege boundaries
SWE-bench
Software engineering & coding ability Enterprise RBAC/ABAC boundary violation
GAIA
General AI assistant capability Zero-trust runtime policy enforcement
DROS-VEP
Runtime Governance & PEP Authorization
—— (Complements capability benchmarks)

DROS does NOT replace traditional cybersecurity (WAF, EDR, SIEM). Instead, it provides the "Last Mile Runtime Defense" for AI Agent execution boundaries in a modern Defense-in-Depth architecture:

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Layer 1: Network Perimeter   │ WAF (Cloudflare, Palo Alto)  │ -> Blocks L3-L7 SQLi/DDoS
├──────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┤
│ Layer 2: Endpoint & Host     │ EDR (CrowdStrike, Sentinel)  │ -> Blocks OS Ransomware
├──────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┤
│ Layer 3: Identity & IAM      │ Keycloak, Active Directory   │ -> Manages Human OAuth/JWT
├──────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┤
│ ★ Layer 4: AI Agent Runtime  │ DROS PEP/PDP + ATR Sandbox   │ -> Blocks Unauthorized Tools
└──────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────┘
                               │
                               ▼
        Exports PKI Evidence to Enterprise SIEM (Splunk, Elastic)

In an indirect prompt injection attack (ATS-001), the hijacked AI Agent possesses a valid Keycloak JWT token. When the agent queries /api/erp/finance

, WAF inspects the request: "Valid HTTPS, clean JSON, valid OAuth token. Access Granted!"

Traditional WAFs see a 100% legitimate user making a clean REST API call. The attack is hidden inside the LLM Semantic Context. This is why DROS PEP/PDP is required at the tool execution boundary.

DROS-VEP Lite directly reproduces and neutralizes 2026's most notorious real-world AI incidents, mapped to MITRE ATLAS:

Scenario ID Threat Scenario Name 2026 Incident Mapping Target Tool MITRE ATLAS DROS Expected Action
ATS-001
AI Agent 0-Day Sandbox Escape OpenAI GPT-5.6 Sol -> Hugging Face Breach
create_socket_connection
AML.T0051
DENY (<500ns Panic)
ATS-002
Ransomware System Encryption Nidec Chaun-Choung Blackfield $2M ERP Ransomware
write_encrypt_database
AML.T0052
DENY (<500ns Panic)
ATS-003
LLM Jailbreak & Tool Exploitation Anthropic Fable 5 24-Hour Jailbreak & Prompt Leak
read_env_secrets
AML.T0053
DENY (26.1μs Guard)
ATS-004
Autonomous LLM Weight Ransomware JadePuffer Autonomous PyTorch Model Ransomware
encrypt_pytorch_weights
AML.T0054
DENY (0ms Hard Lock)
ATS-005
Browser Social Engineering Leak BioShocking Trick AI to Surrender SSH Key
read_ssh_keyfile
AML.T0055
DENY (Physical Lock)

Engineers don't trust static dashboards. They ask: "If I unplug your guard, does the result actually change?"

Open http://localhost:8080

and check ** ☑ Disable DROS Guard (Debug Mode)**:

Guard Active (Normal): 100% Defense Integrity (AS-001 ~ AS-005 | Decision: DENY | Pass Rate: 100%

).Guard Disabled (Control Group): PEP bypasses interception. The agent penetrates target endpoints. Pass rate plummets from.100% ===> 0% (LEAKED)

Replay any historical audit log or evidence artifact package deterministically:

python benchmark/replay.py exec_ATS-001_1784702707

How is the 26.1 μs policy evaluation latency measured?

Parameter Measurement Setup & Value
Benchmark Hardware
Intel Xeon E3-1275 v3 (4C/8T) / 16GB RAM
Execution Sandbox
Docker Compose isolated container network
Sample Iterations
N = 10,000 iterations per scenario
Policy Decision Latency
Median (P50): 26.1 μs P99: 41.2 μs
Measurement Code
time.perf_counter_ns() in core/dros_guard.py

Can you breach DROS’s 26.1μs C-ABI zero-trust execution boundary?

We are offering a 5-Year FREE License of our flagship product, "VajraClaw - Enterprise Air-Gapped License" (Current Early Adopter Price: $7,990/yr, Total Value: $39,950 USD), to the FIRST security researcher or hacker who successfully bypasses the DROS PEP/PDP Guard in this docker sandbox!

To claim the Grand Prize, your submission MUST meet all three of the following strict criteria:

Unmodified Sandbox Environment:- The exploit must run against the default docker compose up -d

environment. - You CANNOT modify the dros-guard

container code or disable it (BYPASS_GUARD=true

or clicking "Disable DROS Guard" in the UI is strictly forbidden). The Guard must be active.

  • The exploit must run against the default Concrete Exploit Result (Agentic Overreach):** Path A (Unauthorized Tool Call)**: Successfully force thesupport-agent

(which only has permissions for/api/erp/inventory

) to bypass the DROS physical block and successfully read/exfiltrate data from/api/erp/finance

or/api/system/secrets

.Path B (Unauthorized Write): Successfully bypass the DROS PEP/PDP to encrypt or overwrite protected disk files on the ERP container.

Cryptographic Proof & PoC Package:- You must submit a reproducible PoC exploit script.

  • You must submit the unmodified audit.jsonl

log anddecision.json

evidence package demonstrating either an anomalousALLOW

decision for a blocked route, or proving complete network/container bypass (SSRF/RCE) resulting in data exfiltration while the Guard was running.

DoS / DDoS: Crashing the DROS server is not a bypass (DROS successfully prevented unauthorized access).** Pure LLM Jailbreaks**: If you trick the LLM intowantingto attack, but the DROS Guard successfully blocks the resulting API call in 26.1μs, this is considered aSuccessful DROS Defense, not a bypass.

How to submit: Post your PoC package to GitHub Discussions or our Discord #conformance-claims. The first verified submission timestamp wins the Grand Prize!

Third-party AI Agent Frameworks (OpenAI Agent SDK, LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen, OpenClaw) can evaluate their runtime security across 3 certification tiers:

Level 1 (Core): Identity Token (DIT) + PEP Tool Interception + Structured Audit Logging.** Level 2 (Enterprise): Policy Explainability (Policy ID) + Evidence Package (SHA-256 Digest) + Multi-Agent Role Isolation. Level 3 (High Assurance)**: Cryptographic Attestation + Tamper Detection + Deterministic Replay.

ℹ️ Disclaimer:The included conformance harness validates implementations against the RFC-010 Draft specification. Passing the test indicates conformance to this draft, not certification by an independent standards body.

Feature / Capability Community ($0 Free) Hacker ($149/yr or $19/mo - 1k Free Promo) Professional ($499/yr / Team) Enterprise Swarm (Commercial)
Target Audience
Students & Researchers Freelancers & Small AI Startups Mid-sized AI Engineering Teams Fortune 500, Banks, Government
Concurrent Roles
Max 2 Roles
Up to 5 Roles
Up to 25 Roles
Unlimited (500+ Swarm Production)
ATS Scenarios
ATS-001 Single ATS-001 ~ ATS-005 Full Matrix ATS-001 ~ ATS-005 + Custom Unlimited Custom Red Team Crucibles
Connectors
REST Mock Enterprise APIs REST Mock + CI/CD Harness Keycloak + EspoCRM + Forgejo Live SAP, Active Directory, K8s
Replay & SIEM
Local Telemetry Offline Replay Engine (replay.py )
Replay + Telemetry Heatmap Unlimited PKI Log & SIEM (Splunk)
Defense Scope
AI Agent Tool Governance AI Agent Tool Governance AI Agent Tool Governance AI Agent + Enterprise Ransomware Defense

Verified RFC-010 compliance? Claim a 1-Year FREE Hacker License ($149 Value):

Option 1 (Web Dashboard UI): Openhttp://localhost:8080

and click**"Claim 1-Year Hacker License". Option 2 (GitHub Discussions Bot)**: Postconformance_report.json

toGitHub Discussions.Option 3 (Discord Cyber Crucible): Join ourDiscord Serverand post report in#conformance-claims

.Option 4 (Gumroad $0 Checkout): Use 100% OFF CouponDROS-RFC010-FREE

atdr-os.io.

Licensed under Apache 2.0. See LICENSE for details.

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