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| Name | Modified | Size | Downloads / Week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parent folder | |||
| Linux | 2025-01-23 | ||
| Windows | 2025-01-21 | ||
| Source Code | 2025-01-21 | ||
| macOS | 2025-01-21 | ||
| veracrypt-1.26.18-sha256sum.txt.sig | 2025-01-23 | 566 Bytes | |
| veracrypt-1.26.18-sha512sum.txt | 2025-01-23 | 10.2 kB | |
| veracrypt-1.26.18-sha256sum.txt | 2025-01-23 | 6.4 kB | |
| veracrypt-1.26.18-sha512sum.txt.sig | 2025-01-23 | 566 Bytes | |
| VeraCrypt_1.26.18_Bundle.7z | 2025-01-21 | 578.4 MB | |
| VeraCrypt_1.26.18_Bundle.7z.sig | 2025-01-21 | 566 Bytes | |
| VeraCrypt_1.26.18_Language_Files.zip | 2025-01-21 | 3.3 MB | |
| VeraCrypt_1.26.18_Language_Files.zip.sig | 2025-01-21 | 566 Bytes | |
| VeraCrypt User Guide.chm | 2025-01-21 | 3.2 MB | |
| VeraCrypt User Guide.chm.sig | 2025-01-21 | 566 Bytes | |
| README.TXT | 2025-01-21 | 2.4 kB | |
| README.TXT.sig | 2025-01-21 | 566 Bytes | |
| Totals: 16 Items | 584.9 MB | 30 | |
Changes between 1.26.15 and 1.26.18 (20 January 2025):
- All OSes:
* Added support for SHA-256 x86 intrinsic to enhance the performance of PBKDF2-HMAC-SHA256.
* Added support for AES hardware on ARM64 platforms (e.g. Windows ARM64, macOS on Apple Silicon Mx).
* Updated translations
- Windows:
* Dropped support for Windows 32-bit.
* Set Windows 10 October 2018 Update (version 1809) as the minimum supported version.
* Reduce driver deadlock occurences under low-memory scenarios caused by re-entrant IRP completions.
* Fixed failed EFI detection on some PCs where the BootOrder variable is not defined (proposed by @kriegste, GH #360).
* Fixed "Access Denied" error when updating VeraCrypt using EXE setup following a Windows upgrade.
* Fixed various issues affecting the EFI system encryption configuration editor.
* Fixed regression in Traveler Disk creation (GH #886)
* Replaced the deprecated CryptGenRandom with BCryptGenRandom for generating secure random bytes.
* Use modern API to gather system entropy for random generation instead of obsolete ones.
* Update LZMA SDK to version 24.09
* Update libzip to version 1.11.2
- Linux:
* CVE-2024-54187: Added absolute paths when executing system binaries to prevent path hijacking (collaboration with SivertPL @__tfr)
* CVE-2025-23021: Prevent mounting volumes on system directories and PATH (reported by SivertPL @__tfr)
* Fixed an assertion issue with the wxWidgets library included in Ubuntu.
* Improved directory-opening logic by prioritizing xdg-open and adding fallback mechanisms.
* Ensure that volume exists before starting the mount operation.
* Fix "Password too long" error message not expanded to include max length (GH #1456)
* Simplify sudo session detection logic.
- macOS:
* CVE-2024-54187: Added absolute paths when executing system binaries to prevent path hijacking (collaboration with SivertPL @__tfr)
* CVE-2025-23021: Prevent mounting volumes on system directories and PATH (reported by SivertPL @__tfr)
* Disabled screen capture by default. Added the --allow-screencapture CLI switch to enable it if needed.
* Ensure that volume exists before starting the mount operation.
* Implement sudo session detection logic