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Metalware

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Metalware is a tool that finds vulnerabilities in firmware binaries autonomously, requiring no source code, physical hardware, or human intervention.

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Summary

Metalware is a commercial firmware analysis platform that discovers vulnerabilities in firmware without needing source code, physical hardware, or human intervention. It runs as either a cloud service or an on-premise deployment and is designed for embedded-systems security practitioners. Its documentation positions it alongside binary analysis tools, supporting ELF and raw binaries for ARM Cortex-M firmware. Users can interact with it via a CLI tool, CI/CD integration, or API keys, and it generates downloadable PDF reports. The platform was launched in 2023.

Metalware is a tool that finds vulnerabilities in firmware binaries autonomously, requiring no source code, physical hardware, or human intervention.

How Metalware helps

Which vulnerabilities exist in this firmware image, and where?

uploads the ELF or raw binary, emulates it with peripheral modeling, and runs coverage-guided fuzzing to surface defects without needing source or a physical device

What actually happened at the moment this firmware crashed?

produces a crash report with a program trace that can be stepped through in a debugger or a decompiler plugin, showing the path that led to the fault

Can this firmware be analyzed without debug symbols or the original source?

works directly against the compiled ELF or raw binary, modeling the target's peripherals under emulation so no symbols or hardware are required

Did the last build introduce a new defect before it ships?

runs the same analysis from the CI pipeline via the CLI tool or API keys, so a build step can fail automatically when a new defect appears

What do I hand the compliance team as evidence this firmware was checked?

generates a downloadable PDF report listing the defects found, suitable for a security or compliance audit

Can this analysis run inside our own network instead of the vendor's cloud?

deploys the same analysis engine on-premise, so firmware never has to leave internal infrastructure to be scanned

Languages

Not documented

Command line

1 command for Metalware, each with where it came from. This tool has no source analysis yet, so there is no option reference and no captured run beside them.

Source

Release-note detail over time

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Website history

metalware.com, every change

Metalware's home page and 1 more page as they looked each month from January 2025 to October 2026: 7 renders, 2 changes of tagline or palette. Step through them, play them, or put any two months side by side.

Website history is included with Researcher and Business.

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