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+2025.02.18, released September 10, 2026
+
+	Important / security related fixes:
+
+	avro-c: (no CVE assigned)
+	clamav: CVE-2026-20031, CVE-2026-20213, CVE-2026-20214, CVE-2026-20215,
+	  CVE-2026-20216, CVE-2026-20217, CVE-2026-20243, CVE-2026-20244,
+	  CVE-2026-20339, CVE-2026-20345, CVE-2026-20346, CVE-2026-20347,
+	  CVE-2026-20348
+	dnsmasq: CVE-2026-12725, CVE-2026-12969
+	erlang: CVE-2026-21620, CVE-2026-23941, CVE-2026-23942, CVE-2026-23943,
+	  CVE-2026-28810, CVE-2026-32147, CVE-2026-42789, CVE-2026-42790
+	exiv2: CVE-2026-49275, CVE-2026-68546, CVE-2026-68547,
+	  GHSA-3695-mjv8-3r52, GHSA-9v3x-mhg4-wwv2, GHSA-fgw8-p7pr-37cp,
+	  GHSA-hxph-pv7w-8649, GHSA-jcgh-p9v3-pw6j, GHSA-vg6c-9f6h-4x5q
+	expat: CVE-2026-66046, CVE-2026-76641, CVE-2026-76956, CVE-2026-76957
+	glibc: CVE-2026-18374, CVE-2026-19499, CVE-2026-5435, CVE-2026-6238,
+	  CVE-2026-6368, CVE-2026-6791, CVE-2026-77117, CVE-2026-80489
+	go: CVE-2026-33818, CVE-2026-39821, CVE-2026-46600, CVE-2026-56853,
+	  CVE-2026-56858, CVE-2026-56859, CVE-2026-56860, CVE-2026-56862,
+	  CVE-2026-56864, CVE-2026-56865
+	haproxy: (no CVE assigned)
+	hostapd: CVE-2026-58374
+	libcurl: CVE-2026-13608, CVE-2026-18924, CVE-2026-19931,
+	  CVE-2026-80229, CVE-2026-80230, CVE-2026-80231, CVE-2026-80255,
+	  CVE-2026-82208, CVE-2026-82209
+	libde265: GHSA-mm7m-v26f-wf8x, GHSA-xp3h-6f5r-8cxp
+	libgit2: CVE-2026-5917
+	libheif: CVE-2026-84450, CVE-2026-84451, GHSA-24wx-9w62-c96w,
+	  GHSA-2jg2-4ch7-h545, GHSA-4h82-g446-83fm, GHSA-4jqm-2x34-6f6r,
+	  GHSA-73p7-m7gg-w2jv, GHSA-8857-r8x5-7499, GHSA-8fmq-r4pf-7m57,
+	  GHSA-9rj8-5mp5-26c9, GHSA-g89c-p67h-r497, GHSA-gh5q-69gg-c964,
+	  GHSA-hh47-fhqr-cj2r, GHSA-j264-xvrp-5v7q, GHSA-jc8f-p23p-5hjg,
+	  GHSA-mw6f-29j3-76f4, GHSA-p58j-h3vm-3fp5, GHSA-w7mc-p8jc-p853,
+	  GHSA-x8r2-mggj-j6wr, GHSA-x8xm-cm2c-cfc8, GHSA-xw34-mjcp-jqh8
+	libldns: CVE-2026-10846
+	libopenssl: CVE-2026-14456, CVE-2026-14457, CVE-2026-18798,
+	  CVE-2026-54874, CVE-2026-63072, CVE-2026-63073, CVE-2026-63074,
+	  CVE-2026-63075, CVE-2026-63076, CVE-2026-75803
+	libssh2: CVE-2025-15661, CVE-2026-66032, CVE-2026-66033,
+	  CVE-2026-66034, CVE-2026-66035
+	libxml2: CVE-2026-11979
+	localedef: CVE-2026-18374, CVE-2026-19499, CVE-2026-5435,
+	  CVE-2026-6238, CVE-2026-6368, CVE-2026-6791, CVE-2026-77117,
+	  CVE-2026-80489
+	mongoose: CVE-2026-63626, CVE-2026-73251, CVE-2026-73252,
+	  CVE-2026-73260, CVE-2026-73261
+	nodejs: CVE-2026-56846, CVE-2026-56847, CVE-2026-56848, CVE-2026-56850,
+	  CVE-2026-58039, CVE-2026-58040, CVE-2026-58042, CVE-2026-58043,
+	  CVE-2026-58044, CVE-2026-58045
+	openvpn: CVE-2026-84732
+	proftpd: CVE-2026-44331
+	python-avro: (no CVE assigned)
+	redis: (no CVE assigned)
+	rsyslog: CVE-2026-19654
+	udisks: CVE-2026-7867
+	unbound: CVE-2026-14586, CVE-2026-32665, CVE-2026-40622,
+	  CVE-2026-40691, CVE-2026-41637, CVE-2026-42955, CVE-2026-44621,
+	  CVE-2026-44687, CVE-2026-44690, CVE-2026-46582, CVE-2026-50045,
+	  CVE-2026-50046, CVE-2026-50243, CVE-2026-50248, CVE-2026-50251,
+	  CVE-2026-50252, CVE-2026-52863, CVE-2026-54478, CVE-2026-55708,
+	  CVE-2026-55717, CVE-2026-55973, CVE-2026-55990, CVE-2026-55991,
+	  CVE-2026-56416, CVE-2026-56444
+	wget: CVE-2026-58469, CVE-2026-58470, CVE-2026-58471
+
+	Toolchain:
+
+	- linux-headers: bump to 5.10.269, 5.15.220, 6.1.187, 6.6.156, 6.12.109
+	- powerpc: correctly track libquadmath
+
+	Infrastructure updates/fixes:
+
+	- Various fixes to the runtime tests
+	- manual: document move of patchwork to patchwork.buildroot.org
+	- manual: document the LTS release cadence correctly
+	- Fix setting of stack size for FLAT binaries
+
+	Updated defconfigs: qemu_xtensa_lx60*
+
+	Updated / fixed packages: avro-c, bind, clamav, collectd, dejavu,
+	  dnsmasq, dpdk, dracut, erlang, exiv2, expat, gcc-bare-metal, gdb,
+	  glibc, go, haproxy, hostapd, libcurl, libde265, libgit2, libheif,
+	  libldns, libopenssl, libssh2, libxkbcommon, libxml-parser-perl,
+	  libxml2, linux, linux-headers, linux-tools, localedef, mongoose,
+	  mosquitto, newt, nodejs, opencv4, openssh, openvpn, perl, powerpc,
+	  proftpd, python-avro, python-charset-normalizer, qt5knx,
+	  qt6declarative, redis, rsyslog, taglib, uclibc, udisks, unbound, vim,
+	  webkitgtk, wget, wine, wireless-regdb
+
+
 2025.02.17, released August 23, 2026
 
 	Important / security related fixes: