Previous release announcements are archived here for historical purposes.

Only the last ten release announcements can be found below. With every new release, the oldest announcement drops off the page. This should allow for a quick glance at recent Samba activity. For a more in-depth tour of Samba's release history, notes for all stable releases are archived in the list to the left.

Security Release Announcements

As well as being included in the recent releases listed below, we maintain a seperate list of Samba Security releases resulting from the Samba Security release process.

Previous Release Announcements

01 February 2023

Samba 4.18.0rc2 Available for Download

This is the second release candidate of the upcoming Samba 4.18 release series.

The uncompressed tarball has been signed using GnuPG (ID AA99442FB680B620). The source code can be downloaded now. See the release notes for more info.

26 January 2023

Samba 4.17.5 Available for Download

This is the latest stable release of the Samba 4.17 release series.

The uncompressed tarball has been signed using GnuPG (ID AA99442FB680B620). The source code can be downloaded now. A patch against Samba 4.17.4 is also available. See the release notes for more info.

18 January 2023

Samba 4.18.0rc1 Available for Download

This is the first release candidate of the upcoming Samba 4.18 release series.

The uncompressed tarball has been signed using GnuPG (ID AA99442FB680B620). The source code can be downloaded now. See the release notes for more info.

15 December 2022

Samba 4.17.4, 4.16.8 and 4.15.13 Security Releases are available for Download

This are the latest stable releases. They also contain security changes in order to address CVE-2022-38023, CVE-2022-37966, CVE-2022-37967 and CVE-2022-45141.

The uncompressed tarball has been signed using GnuPG (ID AA99442FB680B620).

The Samba 4.17.4 source code can be downloaded now. A patch against Samba 4.17.3 is also available. See the release notes for more info.

The Samba 4.16.8 source code can be downloaded now. A patch against Samba 4.16.7 is also available. See the release notes for more info.

The Samba 4.15.13 source code can be downloaded now. A patch against Samba 4.15.12 is also available. See the release notes for more info.

15 November 2022

Samba 4.17.3, 4.16.7 and 4.15.12 Security Releases are available for Download

These are Security Releases in order to address CVE-2022-42898.

The uncompressed tarball has been signed using GnuPG (ID AA99442FB680B620).

The 4.17.3 source code can be downloaded now. A patch against Samba 4.17.2 is also available. See the release notes for more info.

The 4.16.7 source code can be downloaded now. A patch against Samba 4.16.6 is also available. See the release notes for more info.

The 4.15.12 source code can be downloaded now. A patch against Samba 4.15.11 is also available. See the release notes for more info.

25 October 2022

Samba 4.17.2, 4.16.6 and 4.15.11 Security Releases are available for Download

These are Security Releases in order to address CVE-2022-3437 and CVE-2022-3592.

The uncompressed tarball has been signed using GnuPG (ID AA99442FB680B620).

The 4.17.2 source code can be downloaded now. A patch against Samba 4.17.1 is also available. See the release notes for more info.

The 4.16.6 source code can be downloaded now. A patch against Samba 4.16.5 is also available. See the release notes for more info.

The 4.15.11 source code can be downloaded now. A patch against Samba 4.15.10 is also available. See the release notes for more info.

19 October 2022

Samba 4.17.1 Available for Download

This is the first stable release of the Samba 4.17 release series.

The uncompressed tarball has been signed using GnuPG (ID AA99442FB680B620). The source code can be downloaded now. A patch against Samba 4.17.0 is also available. See the release notes for more info.

28 September 2022

Samba 4.15.10 Available for Download

This is the latest stable release of the Samba 4.15 release series.

The uncompressed tarball has been signed using GnuPG (ID AA99442FB680B620). The source code can be downloaded now. A patch against Samba 4.15.9 is also available. See the release notes for more info.

13 September 2022

Samba 4.17.0 Available for Download

This is the latest stable release of the Samba 4.17 release series.

The uncompressed tarball has been signed using GnuPG (ID AA99442FB680B620). The source code can be downloaded now. See the release notes for more info.

07 September 2022

Samba 4.16.5 Available for Download

This is the latest stable release of the Samba 4.16 release series.

The uncompressed tarball has been signed using GnuPG (ID AA99442FB680B620). The source code can be downloaded now. A patch against Samba 4.16.4 is also available. See the release notes for more info.