Changelog

Version 7.38.0

Release Date: May 9, 2025

Security Updates:

• Upgraded 3rd party libraries and updated server configuration to remediate related vulnerabilities

Enhancements:

• Proxy server setting supported IPv6-addresses.

Version 7.37.0

Release Date: April 3, 2025

Security Updates:

• Addressed potential security issues

Bugs Fixed:

• The remediation page for MetaDefender Endpoint contained outdated URLs to OPSWAT Central Management documentation.
• In User Management, when adding a new user directory, the management console was stuck and displayed an ambiguous error message "servers[0].host: Invalid address" after entering an invalid address for the Server Host field.

Other Changes:

• (Windows only) Updated Software Requirement

Version 7.36.0

Release Date: November 14, 2024

Enhancements:

• MetaDefender Endpoint's patches for 3rd-party softwares
• Setting to configure how long the system should keep an old version of modules

Security Updates:

• Addressed potential security issues

Bugs Fixed:

• Processing History did not show scan events with certain scan result types such as "Blocked Verdict by DeepCDR".
• (Windows only) Memory leak in the OCMService.exe process.
• The system could not clean up old versions of modules.
• MetaDefender Endpoint instances could not communicate with the OPSWAT Central Management server due to an "invalid agent token" error.

Version 7.35.0

Release Date: August 21, 2024

Enhancements:

• Support single sign-out for single sign-on
• Interval to check system status

Bugs Fixed

• Could not update module packages if the file size is more than 3MB.
• OPSWAT Central Management cleaned up MetaDefender Core modules if no product instances download them for a long time.
• License expiration date was showed incorrect.

Other Changes:

• Updated Secure Connection settings

Version 7.34.0

Release Date: April 26, 2024

Enhancements:

• Enhanced MetaDefender Kiosk Linux activation
• Improved user interface for license management page
• Auto-updated management status for MetaDefender Storage Security instances.

Security Enhancements:

• Addressed minor potential security issues

Bugs Fixed:

• The license was automatically deactivated due to a deployment ID change even though the machine running OPSWAT Central Management had not been modified.
• The demo video in the management console could not be played on recent versions of Google Chrome.
• Failed to retrieve processing history from Core instances if the previous job was hang.
• Moving Active Directory users between groups with different permission levels did not update the moved user's permission correctly until a server restart.
• The product instance list did not display properly when navigating to pages toward the end if there are more than 800 instances of a product type.

Other Changes:

• Updated MetaDefender Kiosk to MetaDefender Kiosk Windows
• Updated branding for MetaDefender for Secure Storage

Version 7.33.0

Release Date: March 25, 2024

Enhancements:

• Security enhancements

Version 7.32.0

Release Date: February 29, 2024

Enhancements:

• Security dashboard for MetaDefender Kiosk Dashboard
• SMTP's SSL certificate verification setting
• Terms of Service and Privacy Policy consent Bugs Fixed:
• An SSO user with the same email as the default administrator user had the default administrator privilege.
• MetaDefender for Secure Storage and MetaDefender Managed File Transfer instances' license was marked as "Expired" or "NA" even though it is still within the expiration date.

Other Changes:

• Updated branding package for MetaDefender Endpoint

Version 7.30.0

Release Date: November 15, 2023

Other Changes:

• Updated branding for MetaDefender Vault
• Security Updates

Version 7.29.0

Release Date: Sep 6, 2023

Enhancements:

• Support for UNC path
• Miscellaneous user interface enhancements

Bugs Fixed:

• Device Policies could not be renamed due to the error "Media security: Allowed list contains invalid device ids or invalid regex string" .
• Removed devices still counted toward the license limit.

Version 7.28.0

Release Date: May 24, 2023

Enhancements:

• Miscellaneous user interface enhancements.
• Returned additional information to MetaDefender Endpoint.

Bugs Fixed:

• Could not update Local-type User Directories.
• Sent a Kiosk report with all zeros on systems that use comma for a decimal.

Version 7.27.0

Release Date: Mar 15, 2023

Enhancements:

• HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) settings.
• A new connection status of MetaDefender Kiosk Linux introduced: Pending.
• AD authentication via user principal name.
• Display lockout time on login page.
• Updated text for a scan result in the Processing History page .

Bugs Fixed:

• Could not update the vulnerability database to a newer version.
• A product group could be renamed to the same name as another existing group.
• The device details page showed blank SDK version for some cases.

Deprecation Announcement:

• End of support announcement for Windows Server 2012 and 2012R2 in 7.27.0.

Other changes:

• Workaround to install OPSWAT Central Management on Ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04.

Version 7.26.0

Release Date: Dec 21, 2022

New Features:

• Removeable media allowlist for MetaDefender Endpoint

Enhancements:

• Support for Windows 11 and Windows Server 2022
• Last update information for MetaDefender Kiosk and MetaDefender Kiosk Linux Dashboard
• Miscellaneous user interface enhancements

Bugs Fixed:

• Failure to download a MetaDefender Core engine package did not trigger an alert or change the package's status to failure.
• Exported MetaDefender Kiosk reports contains illegible instance names.
• Managed devices' Action Logs did not correctly display the error message for a failed action.

Deprecation Announcement

• End of support announcement for Windows Server 2012 and 2012R2 in 7.27.0

Version 7.25.0

Release Date: October 5, 2022

Enhancements:

• Enhanced MetaDefender Kiosk dashboard
• Enhanced MetaDefender Kiosk CSV reports
• Added a scheduled report for MetaDefender Kiosk instances

Bugs Fixed:

• Could not start a self scan from a MetaDefender Kiosk instance's settings
• Only loaded the first page of devices that install an application in the application details page.

Other changes:

• Updated password complexity requirements

Known issues:

• MetaDefender Core instances could not download engine packages from OPSWAT Central Management if the HTTPs setting only enables TLSv1.3

Version 7.24.0

Release Date: June 29, 2022

Bugs Fixed:

• MetaDefender Kiosk Dashboard showed no data if an account has at least one MetaDefender Kiosk v4.5.5 instance.
• MetaDefender Kiosk Linux Dashboard was not shown correctly on different time zones.

Other changes:

• Removed OAuth API module
• Removed Access Control module

Version 7.23.0

Release Date: May 4, 2022

New Software Requirement:

• Visual C++ Redistributable Packages for Visual Studio 2013

Enhancements:

• Added health status for the MetaDefender Kiosk Linux's Inventory
• Delete all data related to a MetaDefender Kiosk Linux instance when it's deleted.
• (Windows only) Validated certificates against the Windows Certificate Store.
• Added support for the PKCS#1 format for Secure Connection settings
• Improve user experience

Bugs Fixed:

• Could not activate valid license key for OPSWAT Central Management on certain Windows systems with the error "Invalid Activation File"

Version 7.22.1

Release Date: April 5, 2022

Enhancements:

• Enhanced Active Directory integration Security Enhancements:
• Mitigated Spring4Shell vulnerability

Version 7.22.0

Release Date: March 16, 2022

Enhancements:

• Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 11 is bundled in the OPSWAT Central Management installer.
• Administrators can customize a message on the management console's login page.
• Administrators can disable fetching history processing data from Core instances.
• Additional information is added to MetaDefender Kiosk Linux scan reports.
• Connection status of a MetaDefender Drive instance is set as DISCONNECTED when it has not talked to OCM for more than 24 hours.

Version 7.21.0

Release Date: January 10, 2022

Enhancements:

• Send an alert in case the system failed to update engine modules with Internet mode.
• Increase upload size limit for MetaDefender Endpoint Update packages
• Improve user experience

Security Enhancements:

• Mitigate Apache Log4j critical vulnerabilities

Other Changes:

• Disable Product Survey

Version 7.20.0

Release Date: December 8, 2021

Enhancements:

• Upgraded Java 8 to Java 11
• Improved user interface for the Apply Set Settings feature
• Additional information added to MetaDefender Kiosk Linux scan reports
• The Server URL was not automatically updated after disabling HTTPs setting
• Enhanced the Windows installer to support a long installation path
• Improved user experience

Version 7.19.0

Release Date: October 27, 2021

New features:

• Security settings

Enhancements:

• Include MetaDefender Drive release notes in a new MD Drive firmware package.
• Allow admins to configure age of scan results in a manifest file for Removable Media Protection in a device policy up to 2 years.
• Updated the default TLS cipher suite for Nginx
• Improve user experience.

Version 7.18.0

Release Date: September 15, 2021

New features:

• Firmware update for MetaDefender Kiosk Linux and MetaDefender Drive

Enhancements:

• License reactivation for MetaDefender Vault
• Improve data collection for MetaDefender Kiosk Linux
• New event types for the Config History feature
• MetaDefender Core module updater's expanded support for additional OPSWAT products
• Miscellaneous enhancements for the user interface

Version 7.17.0

Release Date: August 4, 2021

Enhancements:

• Expanded privacy settings for managed devices
• New device policy configurations for MetaDefender Endpoint
• New "Pending" state for managed devices
• Allow changing the email address registered for the default administrator account
• Updated report format for the Processing History feature
• Miscellaneous enhancements for the user interface

Version 7.16.0

Release Date: June 23, 2021

New features:

• MetaDefender Kiosk Linux management

Enhancements:

• API-based MetaDefender Kiosk Dashboard
• (Windows only) Customizable installation directory
• Internet update mode for MetaDefender Endpoint and OESIS packages
• Increase the limit of manageable instances for each product type

Version 7.15.0

Release Date: May 12, 2021

New features:

• Update function for OESIS packages
• New device policy configurations for MetaDefender Endpoint:
  • Scan files when they are copied from the host PC to a removable media device.
  • Threat scanning for boot sectors.
  • Anti-Keylogger and Screen Capture Protection.

Enhancements:

• Internet update mode for vulnerability database
• Enhanced Syslog integration with Logstash

Version 7.14.0

Release Date: March 31, 2021

New features:

• Manual Upload function for OPSWAT Central Management's module pool
• Operator user role and product group permissions
• Logstash support for device management logs

Enhancements:

• Display the age of MetaDefender Core modules' database component
• Updating last seen time for devices does not require a compliance check
• Status port configuration for the Windows installer
• More information for MetaDefender Drive instances
• Support for the .csv format for the MetaDefender Kiosk Dashboard's Export Report function

Version 7.12.0

Release Date: February 2, 2021

New features:

• TLSv1.3 support (Windows and Ubuntu only)
• MetaDefender Kiosk dashboard's Export Report function
• Customizable user interface for MetaDefender Endpoint

Enhancements:

• Java location configuration (Windows only).
• Allow users to configure the data collection frequency for MetaDefender Core instances' statistics and processing history for the MetaDefender Core dashboard
• Allow users to adjust the timeout setting for pushing configuration to MetaDefender product instances

Other changes:

• Add a survey to gather customer feedback.

Version 7.11.0

Release Date: December 15, 2020

New features:

• AdoptOpenJDK support
• Pop-up scan reports' behavior configuration
• Enterprise UI configuration
• Removable device scan setting for unformatted drives

Enhancements:

• Additional configuration options for MetaDefender Core's module update
• Version information for MetaDefender Endpoint packages and vulnerability database
• Database information for MetaDefender Core instances
• Advanced download function for processing history results
• Clearer error messages for the MetaDefender Endpoint and vulnerability database update functions
• Improved user interface

Other changes:

• Removed the obsolete scheduler interface

Version 7.10.0

Release Date: October 28, 2020

New features:

• SafeConnect NAC management
• OPSWAT Media Validation Agent repository
• Instructional videos for OPSWAT Product integration

Enhancements:

• Updated OPSWAT MetaAccess feature
• Updated loading page
• Improved MetaDefender Core dashboard
• Timestamp for last MetaDefender Core module update in Folder mode
• Breached password checker
• Port 9026 is now used in place of port 9001
• Improved logging

Other changes:

• Replace Memcached with Redis

Version 7.9.0

Release Date: September 12, 2020

New features:

• MetaDefender Core Dashboard
• Update History

Enhancements:

• Improved Config History feature
• Immediate update of MetaDefender Core instance's module list
• Expand the event types supported by the Event Log feature
• Import/export support for MetaDefender for Secure Storage instances

Version 7.8.0

Release Date: July 22, 2020

New features:

• Config History
• Support vulnerability package update
• Basic integration with MetaDefender for Secure Storage
• MetaDefender Endpoint file scanning reports' storage

Enhancements:

• MetaAccess feature update
• Automatic update of MetaDefender product's vpack data
• Editable retention length

Other changes:

• Removed the function to search for syslog by log type in the MetaDefender Kiosk Dashboard.

Version 7.7.0

Release Date: June 10, 2020

New features:

• MetaDefender Kiosk Dashboard
• Update MetaDefender Core modules from folder
• Ubuntu 18.04 support

Enhancements:

• Support IPv6 address for the Device Management feature
• Enhance user experience according to Section 508 guideline.
• Automatically update MetaDefender product's vpack data
• Increase data retention length
• Improve license information for MetaDefender Vault

Version 7.6.0

Release Date: April 17, 2020

Enhancements:

• Updated OPSWAT MetaAccess feature
• Expanded proxy configuration feature
• A D Users
• Improved UI

Version 7.5.0

Release Date: February 25, 2020

New features:

• Proxy Configuration
• Support package tool

Enhancements:

• Support for system proxy settings' exclusion list
• Port configuration on the installer
• Improved MetaDefender Core Processing History feature
• Server URL setting now automatically update with the current port configuration
• Improved UI

Version 7.4.0

Release Date: January 9, 2020

New features:

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7's support
• MetaDefender Core Processing History

Enhancements:

• MetaDefender ICAP and MetaDefender Email Security offline configuration support
• Import/Export improvement
• SSO configuration without license
• Port configuration for the console interface
• Event log now displays all available data since initial installation

Version 7.3.0

Release Date: November 22, 2019

New features:

• MetaDefender Drive management
• Single sign-on (SSO) support

Enhancements:

• Added password reset function for administrator account
• MetaDefender Core modules disabled during the update process now continue downloading instead of abort midway.
• Added log files containing the history of installed OPSWAT Central Management versions.
• Various UI enhancements to improve readability and usability.

Version 7.2.0

Release Date: October 4, 2019

New features:

• Product Set and Group management
• User and User Group management
• Active Directory integration
• MetaDefender Core module updater
• Improved import/export function
• MetaDefender ICAP and Email Gateway Security management (Preview mode)

Enhancements:

• Added a mechanism to automatically detect system proxy
• Updated configuration wizard
• MetaDefender Core and Vault instances can now recognize being managed by OPSWAT Central Management.
• Separate HTTPS configuration from the main nginx's configuration file.
• Added a warning message when adding a disconnected product instance.
• Improved UI's consistency.

Version 7.1.1

Release Date: August 15, 2019

Enhancements:

• Added a mechanism to handle high load
• Updated the software requirements to JRE instead of JDK

Version 7.1.0

Release Date: July 2, 2019

Built-in clients

• Windows Persistent Agent 7.6.236.0
• Windows On-demand Agent 7.3.436.0
• macOS Persistent Agent 10.4.226.0
• macOS On-demand Agent 10.5.172.0

New features:

• Inventory Management for OPSWAT Products (Kiosk, Core and Vault)
• Configuration Management for OPSWAT Products (Kiosk, Core and Vault)
• License Management for OPSWAT Products (Kiosk, Core and Vault)
• Policy Management for OPSWAT Products (Kiosk, Core and Vault)
• Health Check
• Import from URL