From b229107b05e321bbaab0c47d06cdf86668bf721d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: natasha-moore-elastic <137783811+natasha-moore-elastic@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2025 13:44:33 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Security 8.18.8 release notes (#7080) * Security 8.18.8 release notes * Update docs/release-notes/8.18.asciidoc Co-authored-by: Nicholas Berlin <56366649+nicholasberlin@users.noreply.github.com> * Update docs/release-notes/8.18.asciidoc Co-authored-by: Nicholas Berlin <56366649+nicholasberlin@users.noreply.github.com> * Apply suggestions from code review Co-authored-by: Gabriel Landau <42078554+gabriellandau@users.noreply.github.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Nicholas Berlin <56366649+nicholasberlin@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Gabriel Landau <42078554+gabriellandau@users.noreply.github.com> (cherry picked from commit cef7330f1e8777ae3bfd8fc817da6ee01b448aa6) # Conflicts: # docs/release-notes.asciidoc --- docs/release-notes.asciidoc | 10 ++++++++++ docs/release-notes/8.18.asciidoc | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 37 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/release-notes.asciidoc b/docs/release-notes.asciidoc index 6e9be8dfd2..20ece0ae4d 100644 --- a/docs/release-notes.asciidoc +++ b/docs/release-notes.asciidoc @@ -3,6 +3,16 @@ This section summarizes the changes in each release. +<<<<<<< HEAD +======= +* <> +* <> +* <> +* <> +* <> +* <> +* <> +>>>>>>> cef7330f (Security 8.18.8 release notes (#7080)) * <> * <> * <> diff --git a/docs/release-notes/8.18.asciidoc b/docs/release-notes/8.18.asciidoc index 2fbb0b7410..2e84dfbc7f 100644 --- a/docs/release-notes/8.18.asciidoc +++ b/docs/release-notes/8.18.asciidoc @@ -1,6 +1,33 @@ [[release-notes-header-8.18.0]] == 8.18 +[discrete] +[[release-notes-8.18.8]] +=== 8.18.8 + +[discrete] +[[features-8.18.8]] +==== New features +* Adds an {elastic-defend} option to remediate orphaned state by attempting to start Elastic Agent service. + +[discrete] +[[enhancements-8.18.8]] +==== Enhancements +* Increases the throughput of {elastic-defend} Logstash connections by increasing the maximum size it can upload at once. + +[discrete] +[[bug-fixes-8.18.8]] +==== Fixes +* Removes `null` in confirmation dialog when bulk editing index patterns for rules ({kibana-pull}236572[#236572]). +* Fixes the URL passed to detection rule actions via the `{{context.results_link}}` placeholder ({kibana-pull}236067[#236067]). +* Adds support in {elastic-defend} for installing eBPF probes on Linux endpoints when taskstats is compiled out of the kernel. +* Fixes a bug in {elastic-defend} where Linux network events could have source and destination bytes swapped. +* Removes `.process.thread.capabilities.permitted` and `.process.thread.capabilities.effective` from Linux network events in {elastic-defend}. +* Fixes a bug in {elastic-defend} where host isolation could auto-release incorrectly. Host isolation now only releases when {elastic-endpoint} becomes orphaned. Intermittent {elastic-agent} connectivity changes no longer alter the host isolation state. +* Improves the reliability of local {elastic-defend} administrative shell commands. In rare cases, a command could fail to execute due to issue with interprocess communication. +* Fixes an issue where {elastic-defend} would incorrectly calculate throughput capacity when sending documents to output. This may have limited event throughput on extremely busy endpoints. +* Fixes an issue in {elastic-defend} installation logging where only the first character of install paths (usually 'C') would be logged. + [discrete] [[release-notes-8.18.7]] === 8.18.7 From 1b73609c9457e997116df345cc240413c7cbb7c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: natasha-moore-elastic Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2025 12:50:05 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] resolve conflict --- docs/release-notes.asciidoc | 9 --------- 1 file changed, 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/release-notes.asciidoc b/docs/release-notes.asciidoc index 20ece0ae4d..11db900166 100644 --- a/docs/release-notes.asciidoc +++ b/docs/release-notes.asciidoc @@ -3,16 +3,7 @@ This section summarizes the changes in each release. -<<<<<<< HEAD -======= -* <> -* <> -* <> -* <> -* <> -* <> * <> ->>>>>>> cef7330f (Security 8.18.8 release notes (#7080)) * <> * <> * <>