chore: bump net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy from 1.15.11 to 1.18.14 in /android

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Bumps net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy from 1.15.11 to 1.18.14.

Release notes

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Byte Buddy 1.18.14

• Avoid exposure of the agent argument on the command line of the process that is spawned for an external attachment.
• Avoid the resolution of symbolic links when the Gradle plugin deletes a folder recursively.
• Limit the nesting depth that is accepted when parsing a generic type signature to avoid an exhaustion of the stack for a malformed class file.
• Sign all deployed files using sigstore, in addition to the existing GPG signature.
• Validate entry names when the Android plugin retains a file to avoid the propagation of path traversals.

Byte Buddy 1.18.13

• Actually include the SBOM within the published artifacts.
• Avoid propagation of path traversals that are contained in jar files which are copied without transformation.
• Avoid repeated traversal of previously visited type hierarchies to improve performance.
• Correct Kotlin support of the Gradle plugin to redirect the classes directory of a source set while retaining support for legacy Gradle versions.
• Create Gradle tasks using Gradle's task registration API if available.

Byte Buddy 1.18.12

• Automatically support Kotlin in Gradle plugin.
• Add support for native attach on Windows for ARM64.
• Correct JNA injector which accidentally created on based on Unsafe.

Byte Buddy 1.18.11

• Add SBOM to published artifacts.
• Check for traversable paths injected into class files as a rather hypothetical attack vector.

Byte Buddy 1.18.10

• Delay change of default for unsage use to Java 26 and improve error message.

Byte Buddy 1.18.9

• Disable use of Unsafe by default when Java 25or newer is discovered.
• Check for escape when creating folders in Plugin.Engine.
• Improve OpenJ9 attachment.
• Avoid null pointer on missing annotation types.
• Improve diagnostics for external agent attachment.
• Improve on Gradle context discovery.
• Support Android libraries on AGP9 or newer.
• Update ASM.

Byte Buddy 1.18.8

• Improve support for repeatable builds.
• Fix reordering of exception table in type initializers when instrumenting.

Byte Buddy 1.18.7

• Introduce new versioning concept with -jdk5 suffix for backwards-compatible jar and Java 8 baseline for regular jar.

Byte Buddy 1.18.5

• Eagerly resolve of canonical files during attach emulation to avoid failure when process ends before file can be deleted.
• Add super classes to hash code / equals computation in Advice that were missing.

Byte Buddy 1.18.4

• Add support for new build description in Android 9.

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Changelog

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14. September 2026: version 1.18.14

• Avoid exposure of the agent argument on the command line of the process that is spawned for an external attachment.
• Avoid the resolution of symbolic links when the Gradle plugin deletes a folder recursively.
• Limit the nesting depth that is accepted when parsing a generic type signature to avoid an exhaustion of the stack for a malformed class file.
• Sign all deployed files using sigstore, in addition to the existing GPG signature.
• Validate entry names when the Android plugin retains a file to avoid the propagation of path traversals.

2. September 2026: version 1.18.13

• Actually include the SBOM within the published artifacts.
• Avoid propagation of path traversals that are contained in jar files which are copied without transformation.
• Avoid repeated traversal of previously visited type hierarchies to improve performance.
• Correct Kotlin support of the Gradle plugin to redirect the classes directory of a source set while retaining support for legacy Gradle versions.
• Create Gradle tasks using Gradle's task registration API if available.

17. July 2026: version 1.18.12

• Automatically support Kotlin in Gradle plugin.
• Correct JNA injector which accidentally created on based on Unsafe.
• Support dynamic attach on Windows ARM64 by shipping a native attach_hotspot_windows library for win32-aarch64.

2. July 2026: version 1.18.11

• Add SBOM to published artifacts.
• Check for traversable paths injected into class files as a rather hypothetical attack vector.

3. June 2026: version 1.18.10

• Delay change of default for unsage use to Java 26 and improve error message.

1. June 2026: version 1.18.9

• Disable use of Unsafe by default when Java 25or newer is discovered.
• Check for escape when creating folders in Plugin.Engine.
• Improve OpenJ9 attachment.
• Avoid null pointer on missing annotation types.
• Improve diagnostics for external agent attachment.
• Improve on Gradle context discovery.
• Support Android libraries on AGP9 or newer.
• Update ASM.

1. April 2026: version 1.18.8

• Improve support for repeatable builds.
• Fix reordering of exception table in type initializers when instrumenting.

1. March 2026: version 1.18.7

• Introduce new versioning concept with -jdk5 suffix for backwards-compatible jar and Java 8 baseline for regular jar.

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Commits

• 92846cb [publish] Releasing Byte Buddy 1.18.14
• a8a9f14 [release] Release new version
• b0fe006 Skip the signature creation for artifacts that are not deployed.
• c610783 Resolve the signed POM file by the path of the project file.
• caab321 Sign the deployed POM file and allow for a sigstore dry run.
• c68a9c1 Supply the agent argument to the attacher process as an environment variable.
• 3ac9ded Avoid symbolic link resolution on recursive deletion and validate Android ent...
• 8dbae60 Sign deployed files using sigstore.
• 5d83cd4 Disable semantic versioning check for protected constructor in abstract class...
• 172e0f4 Move to method to apply suppression.
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PR Summary

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Low risk dependency update in the Gradle build resolution strategy for Byte Buddy testing dependencies.

Overview
Updates the forced dependency versions for net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy and net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy-agent from 1.15.11 to 1.18.14 in the Android Gradle build resolution strategy.

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Version bump contradicts comment warning about Jetifier incompatibility

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The comment on lines 145–148 explicitly states that 1.15.x is the last byte-buddy line without the META-INF/versions/24 multi-release overlay that this project's AGP Jetifier can't parse (class file major version 68 error). The force directives now pin 1.18.14, which is well past the stated safe range. If the overlay issue persists in 1.18.14, this will break the build. If 1.18.x actually resolved the overlay problem (e.g., via the Java 8 baseline introduced in 1.18.7), the comment is now stale and misleading.

 

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