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October 12, 2026 release

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This Trellix Endpoint Detection and Response (On-premises) release includes new features, enhancements, and resolved issues for Windows version 4.2.3 and Linux version 4.2.2 endpoints.

Release details

Component

Version

Trellix EDR Client for Windows

4.2.3.6356

Trellix EDR Client for Linux

4.2.2.5367

Trellix EDR Client Extension

4.2.2.3

Trellix EDR Windows Rules

4.2.3.6356

Trellix EDR Linux Rules

4.2.2.5367

Note

EDR Linux client 4.2.2 is the minimum supported version required by Trellix Agent 5.8.7 or later. 

New or changed

Windows

  • Installation checks for the EDR with Forensics Client

    The installer for the Trellix EDR Client for Windows checks whether the Trellix EDR with Forensics (EDRF) Client is installed on the endpoint. If the Trellix EDRF Client is detected, the installation stops automatically.

  • Use FIPS 140-3 compliant OpenSSL libraries on Windows

    Trellix EDR Client for Windows now supports FIPS 140-3 standards. The Trellix EDR Client for Windows upgrades its OpenSSL libraries to version 3.1.2 when operating in FIPS mode and to version 3.5.6 in non-FIPS mode.

Linux

  • Installation checks for the EDR with Forensics Client

    The installer for the Trellix EDR Client for Linux checks whether the Trellix EDRF Client is installed on the endpoint. If the Trellix EDRF Client is detected, the installation stops automatically.

  • Use FIPS 140-3 compliant OpenSSL libraries on Linux

    Trellix EDR Client for Linux now supports FIPS 140-3 standards. The Trellix EDR Client and Trace plugin for Linux upgrades OpenSSL libraries to comply with FIPS 140-3 standards.

Resolved issues

Windows

Reference

Resolution

SEC-212605

Resolves an issue that caused a system crash due to an invalid memory access KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED (0x1E) during service startup on Windows endpoints running recent Windows updates.

SEC-213041

Resolves an issue that caused a system crash due to DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION (0x133) on NUMA-enabled systems.

SEC-214689

Resolves an issue that caused a system crash due to PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA (0x50).

SEC-217415

Resolves an issue where the Trellix EDR Client used an outdated OpenSSL library version affected by CVE-2025-15467.

SEC-202833

Resolves an issue where deep API inspection caused the Windows DHCP service (svchost.exe) to crash due to an invalid handle reference.

SEC-213041

Resolves an issue where Trellix EDR Client caused system crashes on multi-node NUMA servers due to legacy CPU affinity API restrictions.

SEC-215713

Resolves an issue where software installations failed when Trellix EDR Trace prevented file deletion for active applications.

SEC-215098

Resolves an issue where Trellix EDR Client failed to send trace events due to JSON parsing errors from malformed DNS telemetry payloads.

SEC-200077

Resolves an issue where Google Chrome failed to update on Windows servers when Trellix EDR Trace held temporary file locks during scanning.

SEC-202653

Resolves an issue where the Trellix EDR Trace plugin caused third-party applications to freeze during execution.

SEC-191721

Resolves an issue where process exclusions using environment variables failed due to system-level path expansion.

SEC-210511

Resolves an issue where running the repair command option caused inconsistent installation behavior.

SEC-210613

Resolves an issue where network quarantine actions reported a Completed with errors status in the Action History dashboard due to DNS resolution timeouts.

Linux

Reference

Resolution

SEC-213328

Resolves an issue where the Trellix EDR Client displayed a Failed to update: TraceScanner error during content updates due to a process crash while handling the audit records.

Known issues

For a list of known issues in this product release, see KB91275.

Installation information

The Trellix Endpoint Detection and Response Installation Guide provides information for installing the product and migrating from Trellix® Active Response.