This release is an emergency release to fix a security vulnerability in the Linux kernel.

Changes and updates

  • Update the Linux kernel to 5.10.127-2, which fixes CVE-2022-34918, a vulnerability that allows applications in Tails to gain administration privileges.

    For example, if an attacker was able to exploit other unknown security vulnerabilities in Tor Browser, they might then use CVE-2022-34918 to take full control of your Tails and deanonymize you.

    This attack is very unlikely, but could be performed by a strong attacker, such as a government or a hacking firm. We are not aware of this attack being used in the wild.

  • Update Thunderbird to 91.12.0.

Fixed problems

Para mais detalhes, leia nosso changelog.

Known issues

None specific to this release.

See the list of long-standing issues.

Get Tails 5.3.1

To upgrade your Tails USB stick and keep your Persistent Storage

  • Automatic upgrades are available from Tails 5.0 or later to 5.3.1.

    You can reduce the size of the download of future automatic upgrades by doing a manual upgrade to the latest version.

  • If you cannot do an automatic upgrade or if Tails fails to start after an automatic upgrade, please try to do a manual upgrade.

To install Tails on a new USB stick

Follow our installation instructions:

O armazenamento persistente no pendrive será perdido se você instala em vez de atualizar.

To download only

If you don't need installation or upgrade instructions, you can download Tails 5.3.1 directly:

What's coming up?

Tails 5.4 is scheduled for August 23.