Software-update: Tails 7.8

Tails staat voor 'The amnesic incognito live system' en is een live Linux-distributie die zich richt op privacy en anonimiteit. Als basis maakt het gebruik van Debian GNU/Linux en het voegt daaraan een Gnome-omgeving met onder meer Tor, Tor Browser, Pidgin, Thunderbird, Electrum, LibreOffice, GPG en KeePassXC toe. Voor meer informatie verwijzen we naar deze pagina. Versie 7 is op Debian 13 gebaseerd en heeft Gnome 48 als desktopomgeving. In versie 7.8 is Tor browser bijgewerkt naar versie 15.0.14, wordt Thunderbird niet langer standaard meegeleverd en zijn er enkele beveiligingsproblemen verholpen.

Changes and updates

• Update Tor Browser to 15.0.14.
• Remove Thunderbird. - You can still install Thunderbird as additional software. If you have both the Thunderbird Email Client and Additional Software features of the Persistent Storage turned on, Tails automatically adds Thunderbird to your list of additional software. A new version of Thunderbird is released in Debian shortly after each Tails release, because both Tails and Thunderbird follow the release calendar of Firefox. As a consequence, until Tails 7.5 (February 2026), the version of Thunderbird in Tails was almost always outdated, with known security vulnerabilities. By installing Thunderbird as additional software, the latest version of Thunderbird is installed automatically from your Persistent Storage each time you start Tails.

Fixed problems

• Fix multiple security vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel and haveged, that could allow an application in Tails to gain administration privileges.

  For example, if an attacker was able to exploit other unknown security vulnerabilities in an application included in Tails, they might then use one of these vulnerabilities to take full control of your Tails and deanonymize you.

For more details, read our changelog.

Versienummer	7.8
Releasestatus	Final
Besturingssystemen	Linux
Website	Tails
Download	https://tails.net/install/index.en.html
Licentietype	Voorwaarden (GNU/BSD/etc.)