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4ef916da03 feat(pe): inspect import and delay-load tables (#6509)
* feat(pe): inspect import and delay-load tables

Add inspect_pe_imports / inspect-pe-imports to read PE32/PE32+ import
and delay-load directories without executing the image. The report keeps
DLL names, named and ordinal functions, ILT/IAT RVAs, and a pefile
import hash of the standard import table. A missing directory is
observed absence, not proof the image never imported APIs.

* fix(pe): default PE import fixture options

Allow peImportImage() without an argument so CLI and filesystem tests
can use the KERNEL32 sample without repeating an empty options object.

* test(pe): keep import path cases on the dedicated MCP contract

inspect_pe_imports already rejects relative MCP paths in its own
boundary test. Leave the shared absolute-path matrix to tools whose
handler issue projection matches that suite's expected shape.

* fix(native): index virtual-to-file mapping lookups

mappedFileOffset scans every mapping twice per span, so a parser that
translates one span per table entry costs sections x entries. Add
fileMappingLookup, which builds an O(n log n) interval index once and
answers each span in O(log n) with the same accept, reject and
translation results. A differential test checks it against
mappedFileOffset over randomized overlapping mappings and zero fills.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Ra7LM2NyQ7DumdssxbUq5g

* fix(pe): report partial import evidence and exact pefile hashes

- Withhold imphash with an explicit reason whenever the standard import
  table is partial (unreadable names or thunks, missing tables), or when
  pefile 2024.8.26 would hash a different row sequence: invalid or
  truncated names, ordinal 0, descriptors without functions, tables its
  bounds or repeat/spread heuristics discard, and its 8192-thunk import
  symbol cap. Delay-load issues do not withhold it.
- Hash ordinal imports with pefile's complete ordlookup tables and its
  ord<decimal> fallback instead of declining unmapped ordinals.
- Report a nonterminal descriptor whose FirstThunk is zero, and a
  delay-load descriptor whose IAT or INT RVA is zero, as malformed_entry
  partial coverage instead of a complete empty inventory.
- Directory evidence lists the file spans actually consumed for the
  descriptor array and terminator; discontiguous mappings produce
  separate spans and separate Evidence ranges.
- Carry exhausted limits as PeImportLimitFailure.limit and derive
  recovery from it; the fixed 16 MiB retained-text ceiling reports a
  fixed allowance instead of max_file_bytes advice.
- Translate RVAs through the indexed mapping lookup and yield with a
  cancellation check every 1024 table entries.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Ra7LM2NyQ7DumdssxbUq5g

* fix(pe): read only own ordinal tables for DLL names

DLL names such as constructor and __proto__ pass pefile's name rule but
resolved inherited object members, throwing before the ord<n> fallback.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Ra7LM2NyQ7DumdssxbUq5g

* fix(native): preserve PE import facts and prove hash compatibility

* test(native): verify PE import workflows and measured costs

* refactor(native): narrow PE facts across the container union

* docs(native): record integrated PE import validation

* fix(native): bound every PE import RVA span

* docs(native): measure RVA guard completed workflows

* fix(pe): reconcile import coverage with retained rows

* fix(pe): retain partial imports at descriptor mapping gaps

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Co-authored-by: Matt Van Horn <455140+mvanhorn@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-authored-by: gensokyo-dev <342580529+gensokyo-dev@users.noreply.github.com>
2026-10-24 11:44:12 +08:00

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---
layout: home
hero:
name: REA
text: Reverse Engineer Anything
tagline: Understand binaries, applications, and runtime behavior with one CLI and MCP server.
actions:
- theme: brand
text: Get started
link: /installation
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text: View on GitHub
link: https://github.com/morluto/rea
features:
- title: Investigate with your agent
details: Connect REA to your coding agent, describe the app or feature you want to understand, and follow the evidence.
link: /mcp-prompts
- title: Inspect across formats
details: Explore native binaries, JavaScript and Electron apps, .NET assemblies, Android packages, firmware, and websites.
link: /installation
- title: Keep the evidence
details: Analysis runs locally and returns observations, limitations, and unknowns through the CLI and MCP.
link: /mcp-contracts
---
## Start with one command
```bash
npx rea-agents setup
```
Choose your agent, review the planned changes, and approve setup. Native binary
analysis can use an existing Hopper, Ghidra, or IDA installation; static
JavaScript analysis needs no native analysis engine.
For a first result from an extracted JavaScript application or ASAR:
```bash
npx -y rea-agents@latest analyze-javascript-application /absolute/path/to/app --json
```
See [installation and setup](./installation.md) for requirements and configuration.
For runtime instrumentation, see the [Frida guide](./frida-instrumentation.md).
## Choose a guide
| Task | Guides |
| --------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Identify a desktop installation | [Runtime candidates, evidence and follow-up files](desktop-applications.md) |
| Inspect native functions, references, or types | [Native binaries](native-investigation.md), [Go metadata](go-binaries.md), [Rust dependencies](rust-binaries.md), [CPython pyc files](python-pyc.md), [PE certificates](pe-certificates.md), [PE imports](pe-imports.md), [ELF notes](elf-notes.md), [Erlang BEAM](erlang-beam.md), [offline ELF layout](binary-diagnostics.md), [recorded crashes](recorded-crashes.md) |
| Select a native provider or import format | [Ghidra semantics](ghidra-provider.md), [Windows](windows-ghidra-p0.md), [DOS](ghidra-dos.md), [raw bytes](raw-binary.md), [MIPS](ghidra-mips.md), [PSP](ghidra-psp.md), [NativeAOT](ghidra-nativeaot.md), [IDA](ida-provider.md), [Kuna](kuna-provider.md), [JEB](jeb-analysis.md) |
| Analyze JavaScript or Electron artifacts | [Static analysis](javascript-artifact-reconstruction.md), [tracing and comparisons](javascript-application-workflows.md), [application graph](javascript-application-graph.md), [source recovery](javascript-recovery.md) |
| Compare static JavaScript with runtime observations | [Runtime attribution](javascript-runtime-observation.md), [reconciliation](javascript-runtime-reconciliation.md), [Electron observation](electron-observation.md), [Electron fuses](electron-fuses.md) |
| Inspect assemblies, packages, or firmware | [Godot PCK](godot-pck.md), [.NET](managed-code-analysis.md), [Python packages](python-packaged-applications.md), [Android](android-analysis.md), [APK signatures](apk-signature.md), [Apktool resources](apktool-resource-analysis.md), [ADB acquisition](adb-device-analysis.md), [Apple](apple-application-analysis.md), [Harmony](harmony-analysis.md), [firmware](firmware-analysis.md), [WASM](wasm-artifacts.md), [EVM](evm-bytecode.md) |
| Observe or compare a browser scenario | [CDP observation](browser-observation.md), [scenarios](browser-scenario-contract.md), [runtime evidence](web-runtime.md), [historical captures](web-network-captures.md) |
| Serve recorded behavior as an agent environment | [Agent environments](agent-environments.md) |
| Trace captured website source | [Source locations](web-source-location.md), [module traces](website-module-trace.md), [script export](website-script-export.md) |
| Capture and compare a command | [Process capture](process-capture.md) |
| Use CLI/MCP and retain evidence | [CLI](cli.md), [MCP contracts](mcp-contracts.md), [agent prompts](mcp-prompts.md), [obligation ledgers](reconstruction-obligation-ledgers.md) |
For development, use [testing](testing.md), [client verification](client-verification.md),
[tool design](tool-design.md), [admission limits and recovery](design/limits-and-recovery.md),
and [releasing](releasing.md).
[Reconstruction readiness](reconstruction-readiness.md) describes a development
conformance verifier. [The 6.2 migration](migration-6.2.md) records that release's
compatibility changes; [the roadmap](roadmap.md) tracks future work.
![REA inspecting a native binary in Hopper](./assets/rea-hopper-analysis.png)