# Announcements **URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/c/announcements/5.md?page=13 [Latest](https://discuss.elastic.co/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discuss.elastic.co/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discuss.elastic.co/tags.md) **Page:** 14 --- ## [Rally 2.4.0 released](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rally-2-4-0-released/301236)
**Author:** [@RickBoyd](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/RickBoyd)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2022, 5:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rally-2-4-0-released/301236 "2022-03-31T17:26:47Z")
We have just released Rally 2.4.0. Highlights: Rally has dropped support for Elasticsearch \< 6.8.0. We now allow tracks to declare additional dependencies For the full list of changes please see the changelog . Quick… --- ## [🎉 Elastic Stack 8.1 released](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-8-1-released/299146)
**Author:** [@elyssaemrich](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elyssaemrich)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2022, 9:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-8-1-released/299146 "2022-03-08T21:32:12Z")
New in Elastic 8.1 Elastic 8.1 enables our customers and community to further accelerate software development lifecycles with deeper visibility into both serverless architectures and CI/CD pipelines. In addition, Elastic… --- ## [Elastic Stack 7.17.1 Security Update](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-17-1-security-update/298447)
**Author:** [@Levine](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Levine)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2022, 9:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-17-1-security-update/298447 "2022-02-28T21:24:04Z")
Elasticsearch privilege escalation issue (ESA-2022-02) A flaw was discovered in elasticsearch 7.17.0’s upgrade assistant, in which upgrading from version 6.x to 7.x would disable the in-built protections on the security … --- ## [Kibana 7.17.0 Security Update](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-7-17-0-security-update/296215)
**Author:** [@douglasday](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/douglasday)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2022, 5:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-7-17-0-security-update/296215 "2022-02-03T17:34:35Z")
Kibana Cross-site scripting issue (ESA-2022-01) An XSS vulnerability was found in Kibana index patterns. Using this vulnerability, an authenticated user with permissions to create index patterns can inject malicious jav… --- ## [Apache Log4j2 Remote Code Execution (RCE) Vulnerability - CVE-2021-44228 - ESA-2021-31](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apache-log4j2-remote-code-execution-rce-vulnerability-cve-2021-44228-esa-2021-31/291476)
**Author:** [@Levine](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Levine)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2022, 9:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apache-log4j2-remote-code-execution-rce-vulnerability-cve-2021-44228-esa-2021-31/291476 "2022-01-13T21:17:27Z")
Subject: Apache Log4j2 Vulnerability - CVE-2021-44228, CVE-2021-45046, CVE-2021-45105, CVE-2021-44832 - ESA-2021-31 ​​Note - We will update this announcement with new details as they emerge from our analysis. Please chec… --- ## [🎉 Elastic 8.0: A new era of speed, scale, relevance, and simplicity](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-8-0-a-new-era-of-speed-scale-relevance-and-simplicity/297028)
**Author:** [@elyssaemrich](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elyssaemrich)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2022, 11:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-8-0-a-new-era-of-speed-scale-relevance-and-simplicity/297028 "2022-02-11T23:21:12Z")
:tada: Elastic 8.0 is here: A new era of speed, scale, relevance, and simplicity We are pleased to announce the general availability of Elastic 8.0. With enhancements to Elasticsearch’s vector search capabilities, nativ… --- ## [The 2022 Elastic Community Conference starts very soon!](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-2022-elastic-community-conference-starts-very-soon/296917)
**Author:** [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2022, 11:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-2022-elastic-community-conference-starts-very-soon/296917 "2022-02-10T23:55:22Z")
The 2022 Elastic Community Conference starts very soon! Check out the full schedule right here. You can also head directly to our YouTube channel to follow the specific language tracks using the links below. ElasticCC: … --- ## [Rally 2.3.1 released](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rally-2-3-1-released/295277)
**Author:** [@json](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/json)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2022, 7:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rally-2-3-1-released/295277 "2022-01-24T19:52:47Z")
We have just released Rally 2.3.1. Highlights: Rally now supports Python 3.10. A new timeout parameter can be used for bulk operations. Bug fixes and docs changes have been included. For the full list of changes pleas… --- ## [Elastic Community Conference 2022 - 11 and 12th February 2022](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-community-conference-2022-11-and-12th-february-2022/295166)
**Author:** [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2022, 9:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-community-conference-2022-11-and-12th-february-2022/295166 "2022-01-23T21:25:48Z")
The second annual Elastic Community Conference (ElasticCC) is taking place February 11–12, 2022. Join us and hear success stories, lessons learned, tips, tricks, best practices, or funny anecdotes. ElasticCC is a free t… --- ## [\[ANNOUNCEMENT\] - spring-elasticsearch 7.1 released](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/announcement-spring-elasticsearch-7-1-released/294315)
**Author:** [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2022, 6:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/announcement-spring-elasticsearch-7-1-released/294315 "2022-01-13T18:44:01Z")
The spring-elasticsearch team is pleased to announce the spring-elasticsearch-7.1 release! Spring factories for Elasticsearch Usage Add this library to you project: \ \fr.pilato.spring\ … --- ## [\[ANNOUNCEMENT\] - Elasticsearch Beyonder 7.16 released](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/announcement-elasticsearch-beyonder-7-16-released/294313)
**Author:** [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2022, 6:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/announcement-elasticsearch-beyonder-7-16-released/294313 "2022-01-13T18:41:05Z")
The Elasticsearch Beyonder team is pleased to announce the elasticsearch-beyonder-7.16 release! Elasticsearch Beyonder Elasticsearch beyonder provides automatic index, mapping, alias, template creation and index lifecyc… --- ## [\[ANNOUNCEMENT\] - FSCrawler 2.8 released](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/announcement-fscrawler-2-8-released/291748)
**Author:** [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2022, 7:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/announcement-fscrawler-2-8-released/291748 "2022-01-10T19:27:08Z")
The FSCrawler team is pleased to announce the FSCrawler 2.8 release! FSCrawler FS Crawler offers a simple way to index binary files into elasticsearch. Usage Download FSCrawler 2.8: wget https://repo1.maven.org/maven2… --- ## [\[ANNOUNCEMENT\] - FSCrawler 2.9 released](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/announcement-fscrawler-2-9-released/293937)
**Author:** [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2022, 7:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/announcement-fscrawler-2-9-released/293937 "2022-01-10T19:25:51Z")
The FSCrawler team is pleased to announce the FSCrawler 2.9 release! FSCrawler FS Crawler offers a simple way to index binary files into elasticsearch. Usage Download FSCrawler 2.9: wget https://repo1.maven.org/maven2… --- ## [The Elastic Community Conference is back! February 12th, 2022, CfP closing soon](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-elastic-community-conference-is-back-february-12th-2022-cfp-closing-soon/293234)
**Author:** [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 12:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-elastic-community-conference-is-back-february-12th-2022-cfp-closing-soon/293234 "2021-12-31T00:54:29Z")
The Elastic Community Conference 2022 is kicking off: Our second annual global Community event, in English, French, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Portuguese, and Spanish is happening in February 2022. We want your talks … --- ## [Logstash 5.0.0-6.8.20 and 7.0.0-7.16.0: Log4j CVE-2021-44228, CVE-2021-45046 remediation](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-5-0-0-6-8-20-and-7-0-0-7-16-0-log4j-cve-2021-44228-cve-2021-45046-remediation/292343)
**Author:** [@RobBavey](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/RobBavey)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2021, 5:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-5-0-0-6-8-20-and-7-0-0-7-16-0-log4j-cve-2021-44228-cve-2021-45046-remediation/292343 "2021-12-17T17:05:07Z")
Note — These instructions only apply if you are running Logstash 5.0.0 - 6.8.20, or 7.0.0 - 7.16.0. If you are running an older version of Logstash, or a version of Logstash \>= 6.8.21 in the 6.x series or \>= 7.16.1 in th… --- ## [Elasticsearch 5.0.0-5.6.10 and 6.0.0-6.3.2: Log4j CVE-2021-44228, CVE-2021-45046 remediation](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-5-0-0-5-6-10-and-6-0-0-6-3-2-log4j-cve-2021-44228-cve-2021-45046-remediation/292054)
**Author:** [@qhoxie](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/qhoxie)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2021, 10:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-5-0-0-5-6-10-and-6-0-0-6-3-2-log4j-cve-2021-44228-cve-2021-45046-remediation/292054 "2021-12-15T22:21:00Z")
Note — If you are not running Elasticsearch 5.0.0-5.6.10 or 6.0.0-6.3.2, these instructions do not apply. Please follow the guidance in the main announcement. Instructions for removing JndiLookup from the log4j-core JAR… --- ## [APM Java Agent Security Update](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-java-agent-security-update/291355)
**Author:** [@douglasday](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/douglasday)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2021, 5:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-java-agent-security-update/291355 "2021-12-09T17:25:33Z")
APM Java Agent Local Privilege Escalation issue (ESA-2021-30) A local privilege escalation issue was found with the APM Java agent, where a user on the system could attach a malicious plugin to an application running th… --- ## [APM Java Agent Security Update](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-java-agent-security-update/289627)
**Author:** [@douglasday](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/douglasday)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2021, 5:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-java-agent-security-update/289627 "2021-11-18T17:41:52Z")
APM Java Agent Local Privilege Escalation issue (ESA-2021-29) A local privilege escalation issue was found with the APM Java agent, where a user on the system could attach a malicious file to an application running with… --- ## [🎉 Elastic Stack 7.16 released](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-16-released/291163)
**Author:** [@elyssaemrich](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elyssaemrich)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2021, 9:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-16-released/291163 "2021-12-07T21:43:43Z")
New in Elastic 7.16 Drive results that matter, faster, with new integrations for third-party tools and services and CI/CD pipeline integrations. Elastic 7.16 streamlines the process of getting any type of data, from any … --- ## [Enterprise Search 7.16.0 Security Update](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/enterprise-search-7-16-0-security-update/291146)
**Author:** [@douglasday](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/douglasday)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2021, 5:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/enterprise-search-7-16-0-security-update/291146 "2021-12-07T17:00:36Z")
Enterprise Search Information Disclosure issue (ESA-2021-28) An information disclosure via GET request server-side request forgery vulnerability was discovered with the Workplace Search Github Enterprise Server integrat… --- ## [\[ANNOUCEMENT\] Forest, an Elasticsearch GUI for text search released](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/annoucement-forest-an-elasticsearch-gui-for-text-search-released/289664)
**Author:** [@pnmougel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pnmougel)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2021, 7:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/annoucement-forest-an-elasticsearch-gui-for-text-search-released/289664 "2021-11-19T07:59:16Z")
Hello, I've just released a new GUI for Elasticsearch called Forest. It has similar functionalities compared to other Elasticsearch GUI (e.g., Cerebro, ElasticVue) except that it provides a powerful REST query editor wit… --- ## [Kibana 7.15.2 Security Update](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-7-15-2-security-update/288923)
**Author:** [@douglasday](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/douglasday)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2021, 7:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-7-15-2-security-update/288923 "2021-11-10T19:18:19Z")
Kibana Path Traversal issue (ESA-2021-26) It was discovered that on Windows operating systems specifically, Kibana was not validating a user supplied path, which would load .pbf files. Because of this, a malicious user … --- ## [Elastic Stack 7.14.1 Security Update](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-14-1-security-update/283077)
**Author:** [@douglasday](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/douglasday)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2021, 4:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-14-1-security-update/283077 "2021-09-01T16:10:55Z")
Kibana code execution issue (ESA-2021-21) It was discovered that a user with fleet admin permissions could upload a malicious package. Due to using an older version of the js-yaml library, this package would be loaded i… --- ## [\[ANNOUNCEMENT\] - Elasticsearch Beyonder 7.15 released](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/announcement-elasticsearch-beyonder-7-15-released/286744)
**Author:** [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2021, 2:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/announcement-elasticsearch-beyonder-7-15-released/286744 "2021-10-14T14:55:00Z")
The Elasticsearch Beyonder team is pleased to announce the elasticsearch-beyonder-7.15 release! Elasticsearch Beyonder Elasticsearch beyonder provides automatic index, mapping, alias or template creation when an elasti… --- ## [Elastic Cloud Enterprise 2.12.1 Released](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-enterprise-2-12-1-released/285999)
**Author:** [@Olivier\_Bierlaire](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Olivier_Bierlaire)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2021, 9:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-enterprise-2-12-1-released/285999 "2021-10-06T09:02:26Z")
We are pleased to announce that ECE 2.12.1 has been released today. Release notes: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/cloud-enterprise/current/ece-release-notes-2.12.1.html --- ## [Rally 2.3.0 released](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rally-2-3-0-released/285985)
**Author:** [@Quentin\_Pradet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Quentin_Pradet)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2021, 7:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rally-2-3-0-released/285985 "2021-10-06T07:28:53Z")
We have just released Rally 2.3.0. This is a bug fix release but also adds a few enhancements. Here are some highlights: Rally now requires at least Elasticsearch 7.0.0 for the metrics store. The compare command now in… --- ## [Elastic Cloud Enterprise 2.12.0 Released](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-enterprise-2-12-0-released/285005)
**Author:** [@Olivier\_Bierlaire](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Olivier_Bierlaire)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2021, 12:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-enterprise-2-12-0-released/285005 "2021-09-23T12:59:16Z")
We are pleased to announce that ECE 2.12.0 has been released today. Release notes: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/cloud-enterprise/current/ece-release-notes-2.12.0.html --- ## [🎉 Elastic Stack 7.15 released](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-15-released/284939)
**Author:** [@elyssaemrich](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elyssaemrich)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2021, 8:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-15-released/284939 "2021-09-22T20:18:24Z")
New in Elastic 7.15 With Elastic 7.15 comes the general availability of the Elastic App Search web crawler and tighter integrations with Google Cloud — enabling our customers and community to more quickly create powerful… --- ## [Elasticsearch 7.13.4 Security Update](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-13-4-security-update/279177)
**Author:** [@douglasday](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/douglasday)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2021, 3:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-13-4-security-update/279177 "2021-07-20T15:14:29Z")
Elasticsearch memory disclosure issue (ESA-2021-16) A memory disclosure vulnerability was identified in Elasticsearch’s error reporting. A user with the ability to submit arbitrary queries to Elasticsearch could submit … --- ## [Elastic Cloud Enterprise 2.11.0 Released](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-enterprise-2-11-0-released/281890)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Hass](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ryan_Hass)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2021, 12:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-enterprise-2-11-0-released/281890 "2021-08-19T00:13:18Z")
We are excited to announce the release of ECE 2.11.0! Release Notes: Elastic Cloud Enterprise 2.11.0 | Elastic Cloud Enterprise Reference \[2.11\] | Elastic [Previous page](https://discuss.elastic.co/c/announcements/5.md?page=12) [Next page](https://discuss.elastic.co/c/announcements/5.md?page=14)