Tails 7.4.1 Is Out as an Emergency Release Patching Critical OpenSSL Vulnerabilities

Posted by hanuca on Jan 31, 2026 3:25 AM EDT
9to5linux.com; By Marcus Nestor
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Tails 7.4.1 has been released today as an emergency update to the latest Tails 7.4 series of this Debian-based distribution designed to protect you against surveillance and censorship.

Tails 7.4.1 is a small update that updates the OpenSSL library to version 3.5.4, a security release addressing multiple vulnerabilities that could be critical. According to the devs, these vulnerabilities could be used by a malicious Tor relay to deanonymize a Tails user, so updating your system is very important.

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