# Tails 7.10.1 — Tails 7.10.1

- Product: Tails (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/tails)
- Vendor: Tails Project
- Date: 2026-08-05
- Version: 7.10.1
- Original notes: https://tails.net/news/version_7.10.1/
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/tails/releases/7.10.1

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This release is an emergency release to fix critical security vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel and the expat XML library. Changes and updates Update the Linux kernel to 6.12.100, which fixes CVE-20…

- **security** — Update the Linux kernel to 6.12.100 to fix critical security vulnerabilities
- **security** — Update the expat XML library to fix critical security vulnerabilities