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Doc: Rework security update in release notes (#12768)
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[[logstash-7-12-0]]
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=== Logstash 7.12.0 Release Notes
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==== Security update
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**Certificate verification with internal monitoring.** We fixed a bug in the
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monitoring pipeline that caused it to pass monitoring data to {es} with
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certificate verification disabled. {ls} internal monitoring had been sending
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monitoring metadata (such as pipeline throughput metrics) to {es} without
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verifying the recipient.
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https://github.com/elastic/logstash/pull/12749[#12749]
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For information: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-22138[CVE-2021-22138].
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==== New features and enhancements
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===== Progress toward Elastic Common Schema (ECS)
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(ECS). This release extends ECS work in previous releases. Here's a recap:
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* ECS support in Elasticsearch output plugin (7.9). The elasticsearch output
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plugin can manage index templates that are compatible with ECS. For more info:
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plugin can manage index templates that are compatible with ECS. For more info, see
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{logstash-ref}/plugins-outputs-elasticsearch.html#_compatibility_with_the_elastic_common_schema_ecs[Compatibility
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with the Elastic Common Schema (ECS)]
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with the Elastic Common Schema (ECS)].
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* Pipeline level ECS compatibility (7.10). The `pipeline.ecs_compatibility`
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Support for 64-bit ARM architectures on Linux is now in beta, with downloadable artifacts and docker images available.
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==== Performance improvements and notable issues fixed
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**Pipeline Loading and Monitoring improvements**
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**Pipeline loading and monitoring improvements**
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We've made changes to start the webserver that exposes the Logstash metrics API earlier in the startup process.
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For slow starting pipelines, this would cause error messages to appear in the Logstash logs, and cause delays to
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the availability of the metrics API. https://github.com/elastic/logstash/pull/12571[#12571]
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**Windows Startup Fixes**
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**Windows startup fixes**
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We've fixed an issue where Logstash would crash when attempting to start using the bundled JDK when Logstash was located
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in a folder where the folder name contained spaces https://github.com/elastic/logstash/pull/12585[#12585]
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**Certificate Verification with Internal Monitoring**
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We fixed a bug in the monitoring pipeline that caused it to pass monitoring data
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to {es} with certificate verification disabled. {ls} internal monitoring had
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been sending monitoring metadata (such as pipeline throughput metrics) to {es}
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without verifying the recipient.
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https://github.com/elastic/logstash/pull/12749[#12749]
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==== Plugin releases
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*Elasticsearch Filter - 3.9.3*

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