Previous release announcements are archived here for historical purposes.

Only the last ten release announcements can be found below. With every new release, the oldest announcement drops off the page. This should allow for a quick glance at recent Samba activity. For a more in-depth tour of Samba's release history, notes for all stable releases are archived in the list to the left.

Previous Release Announcements

23 October 2018

Samba 4.7.11 Available for Download

This is the latest stable release of the Samba 4.7 release series.

The uncompressed tarball has been signed using GnuPG (ID 6F33915B6568B7EA). The source code can be downloaded now. A patch against Samba 4.7.10 is also available. See the release notes for more info.

09 October 2018

Samba 4.8.6 Available for Download

This is the latest stable release of the Samba 4.8 release series.

The uncompressed tarball has been signed using GnuPG (ID 6F33915B6568B7EA). The source code can be downloaded now. A patch against Samba 4.8.5 is also available. See the release notes for more info.

24 September 2018

Samba 4.9.1 Available for Download

This is the first stable release of the Samba 4.9 release series.

The uncompressed tarball has been signed using GnuPG (ID 6F33915B6568B7EA). The source code can be downloaded now. A patch against Samba 4.9.0 is also available. See the release notes for more info.

13 September 2018

Samba 4.9.0 Available for Download

This is the latest stable release of the Samba 4.9 release series.

The uncompressed tarball has been signed using GnuPG (ID 6F33915B6568B7EA). The source code can be downloaded now. See the release notes for more info.

06 September 2018

Samba 4.9.0rc5 Available for Download

This is the fifth release candidate of the upcoming Samba 4.9 release series.

The uncompressed tarball has been signed using GnuPG (ID 6F33915B6568B7EA). The source code can be downloaded now. See the release notes for more info.

29 August 2018

Samba 4.9.0rc4 Available for Download

This is the fourth release candidate of the upcoming Samba 4.9 release series.

The uncompressed tarball has been signed using GnuPG (ID 6F33915B6568B7EA). The source code can be downloaded now. See the release notes for more info.

27 August 2018

Samba 4.7.10 Available for Download

This is the latest stable release of the Samba 4.7 release series.

The uncompressed tarball has been signed using GnuPG (ID 6F33915B6568B7EA). The source code can be downloaded now. A patch against Samba 4.7.9 is also available. See the release notes for more info.

24 August 2018

Samba 4.8.5 Available for Download

This is the latest stable release of the Samba 4.8 release series.

The uncompressed tarball has been signed using GnuPG (ID 6F33915B6568B7EA). The source code can be downloaded now. A patch against Samba 4.8.4 is also available. See the release notes for more info.

15 August 2018

Samba 4.9.0rc3 Available for Download

This is the third release candidate of the upcoming Samba 4.9 release series.

The uncompressed tarball has been signed using GnuPG (ID 6F33915B6568B7EA). The source code can be downloaded now. See the release notes for more info.

14 August 2018

Samba 4.8.4, 4.7.9 and 4.6.16 Security Releases Available for Download

These are security releases in order to address
CVE-2018-10858 (Insufficient input validation on client directory listing in libsmbclient.),
CVE-2018-10918 (Denial of Service Attack on AD DC DRSUAPI server.),
CVE-2018-10919 (Confidential attribute disclosure from the AD LDAP server.),
CVE-2018-1139 (Weak authentication protocol allowed.) and
CVE-2018-1140 (Denial of Service Attack on DNS and LDAP server.).

The uncompressed tarballs have been signed using GnuPG (ID 6F33915B6568B7EA).
The 4.8.4 source code can be downloaded now. A patch against Samba 4.8.3 is also available. Please see the release notes for more info.
The 4.7.9 source code can be downloaded now. A patch against Samba 4.7.8 is also available. Please see the release notes for more info.
The 4.6.16 source code can be downloaded now. A patch against Samba 4.6.15 is also available. Please see the release notes for more info.