NetBSD: Recent Changes and News

On this page you will find a summary of significant changes to NetBSD. For those interested in every change to the source tree, there is no substitute for subscribing to the source-changes mailing list. Significant news related to the NetBSD Project is also included here. Changes to pkgsrc are also listed here. All of this information is also available in rss/xml format.


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July 2024

02 Jul 2024 - New Security Advisory: NetBSD-SA2024-002 OpenSSH CVE-2024-6387 `regreSSHion'

One new security advisory was published:

You can find more information about them on the Security and NetBSD page.


May 2024

4 May 2024 - NetBSD 8.3 + End-of-Support for NetBSD 8.x

The NetBSD project is pleased to announce NetBSD 8.3, the third (and final) update release of the NetBSD 8 release branch.

This marks the end of support for the NetBSD 8.x branch, no further security updates will happen.

All users of this no longer supported release branch should update to a supported release, preferably NetBSD 10.0.


April 2024

20 Apr 2024 - NetBSD 9.4 is available!

The NetBSD project is pleased to announce NetBSD 9.4, the fourth update release of the NetBSD 9 release branch.

This update is meant for users updating long term stable installations and avoiding the latest release (for whatever reasons). The prefered NetBSD stable release is NetBSD 10.0.


March 2024

28 Mar 2024 - NetBSD 10.0 is available!

The NetBSD project is pleased to announce NetBSD 10.0, the eighteenth major release or NetBSD.

12 Mar 2024 - NetBSD 10.0 RC6 is available!

The NetBSD project is pleased to announce the sixth release candidate of the upcoming 10.0 release.

10 March 2024 - One New Security Advisory: NetBSD-SA2024-001

One security advisory was published:


February 2024

27 Feb 2024 - NetBSD 10.0 RC5 is available!

The NetBSD project is pleased to announce the fifth (and hopefully final) release candidate of the upcoming 10.0 release.

06 Feb 2024 - NetBSD 10.0 RC4 is available!

The NetBSD project is pleased to announce the fourth (and hopefully final) release candidate of the upcoming 10.0 release.


January 2024

16 Jan 2024 - NetBSD 10.0 RC3 is available!

The NetBSD project is pleased to announce the third (and hopefully final) release candidate of the upcoming 10.0 release.

01 Jan 2024 - NetBSD 10.0 RC2 is available!

The NetBSD project is pleased to announce the second (and hopefully final) release candidate of the upcoming 10.0 release.