# Tails 7.8.1 — Tails 7.8.1

- Product: Tails (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/tails)
- Vendor: Tails Project
- Date: 2026-06-04
- Version: 7.8.1
- Original notes: https://tails.net/news/version_7.8.1/
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/tails/releases/7.8.1

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This release is an emergency release to fix a serious security vulnerability in the Linux kernel, as well as security vulnerabilities in the Tor client. Changes and updates Update the Tor client to 0.…

- **security** — Fix a serious security vulnerability in the Linux kernel
- **security** — Fix security vulnerabilities in the Tor client
- **changed** — Update the Tor client to 0.4.8.12