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 Significant QA process improvements are in process to avoid similar future issues.
 
+# Release Notes for OpsCenter 6.8.53
+13 Aug 2026
+
+## Security
+* Updated to `mchange-commons-java` version 0.6.0 to address CVE-2026-55153. (OPSC-17985)
+* Updated to `org.apache.commons:commons-configuration2` version 2.15.0 to address CVE-2026-45205. (OPSC-17986)
+* Upgraded `commons-compress` version from 1.10 to 1.27.1 (bundled inside `jython-standalone`). Upgraded `Go` version from 1.24.2 to 1.26.5 to resolve 33 Go `stdlib` CVEs. (OPSC-17995)
+* Upgraded `jackson` to version 2.21.5 to address CVE-2026-54515. (OPSC-17998)
+* Upgraded `Netty` version from 4.1.135 to 4.1.136 to address CVEs. (OPSC-18009)
+
 # Release Notes for OpsCenter 6.8.52
 30 June 2026