Collection Agent 5.x Release Notes

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This page provides information about the Collection Agent version 5.x release, including new features and resolved issues.

For a detailed overview of the Geneos 7.x.x release, including key highlights for other components, see Geneos 7.x Release Notes.

Collection Agent 5.3.0 Copied

Released:

New features and enhancements Copied

These are the new features and enhancements of this release:

Issue key Release description
C2-471

OpenTelemetry batches are now published instead of individual data points.

Additionally, the Collection Agent has been updated to version 5.3.0.

The following features and enhancements are included in the Collection Agent version 5.3.0, released as part of the Geneos 7.4.0 package:

Issue key Release description
UTL-1335 Updated the Docker base images of Collection Agent versions 4.5.1 and 5.1.0 to resolve the the security vulnerability CVE-2024-8176.
UTL-1339 Updated the Docker base images of Collection Agent versions 4.5.1 and 5.1.0 to resolve the the security vulnerability CVE-2025-0395.
UTL-1342 Updated the Docker base image of Collection Agent version 4.5.1 and created the Docker image for Collection Agent version 5.3.0, including all updated Collection Agent plugins packaged with Geneos 7.4.0:
  • AWS Collection Agent plugin 5.2.0
  • Azure Collection Agent plugin 5.1.1
  • Kubernetes Collection Agent plugin 5.2.1
  • Opentelemetry Collection Agent plugin 5.3.0
  • gRPC Collection Agent plugin 5.3.0
These updates resolve the following security vulnerabilities:
  • CVE-2024-12133
  • CVE-2025-24528
  • CVE-2025-0938
  • CVE-2024-12243
  • CVE-2024-8176
  • CVE-2024-12087
  • CVE-2024-52616
  • CVE-2024-12747
  • CVE-2024-12088

Collection Agent (Docker base images update) Copied

Released: 24 April 2025 Packaged with Geneos 7.3.1

New features and enhancements Copied

These are the new features and enhancements of this release:

Issue key Release description
UTL-1337 Updated the Docker base images of Collection Agent versions 4.5.1 and 5.1.0 to resolve the following security vulnerabilities:
  • CVE-2025-21587
  • CVE-2025-30698
  • CVE-2025-30691

Collection Agent 5.2.0 Copied

Released: 24 March 2025 Standalone release

This standalone release updates the Collection Agent to version 5.2.0.

Collection Agent 5.1.0 Copied

Released:

New features and enhancements Copied

These are the new features and enhancements of this release:

Issue key Release description
C2-333

Fixed an issue where the Collection Agent’s persistent store failed to publish collected logs.

Additionally, the Collection Agent has been updated to version 5.1.0.
C2-462 Standardized OpenTelemetry routing in the Collection Agent now supports routing both OpenTelemetry to OpenTelemetry and OpenTelemetry to non-OpenTelemetry data.

The following features and enhancements are included in Collection Agent version 5.1.0, released as part of the Geneos 7.3.0 package:

Issue key Release description
UTL-1321 Updated the Docker base image of Collection Agent version 5.0.2 to resolve the following security vulnerabilities:
  • CVE-2024-12797
  • CVE-2022-49043
  • CVE-2020-11023
COL-12530, UTL-1325 Updated the Docker base images of Collection Agent versions 4.5.1 and 5.0.2 to resolve the following security vulnerabilities:
  • CVE-2025-24928
  • CVE-2024-56171
Additionally, a new Collection Agent Docker image (version 5.1.0) has been created, including all updated Collection Agent plugins packaged with Geneos 7.3.0.
UTL-1333 Updated the Docker base images of Collection Agent versions 4.5.1 and 5.1.0.
UTL-1334 Updated the Docker base images of Collection Agent versions 4.5.1 and 5.1.0 to resolve the security vulnerability CVE-2025-27363.

Collection Agent (Docker base images update) Copied

Released: 25 February 2025 Packaged with Geneos 7.2.2

New features and enhancements Copied

These are the new features and enhancements of this release:

Issue key Release description
UTL-1322 Updated the Collection Agent Docker base images for versions 4.5.1 and 5.0.2 to address the security vulnerability CVE-2022-49043.

Collection Agent 5.0.2 Copied

Released: 30 January 2025 Packaged with Geneos 7.2.0

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These are the new features and enhancements of this release:

Issue key Release description
UTL-1314 Updated CA Docker image 4.5.1 and created CA Docker base image 5.0.2.

Collection Agent 5.0.1 Copied

Released: 05 December 2024 Packaged with Geneos 7.1.1

Issues fixed Copied

These are the issues we have fixed in this release:

Issue key Release description
C2-457 Updated Netty to 4.1.115.Final to address the security vulnerability CVE-2024-47535.

Collection Agent 5.0.0 Copied

Released: 12 November 2024 Packaged with Geneos 7.1.0

New features and enhancements Copied

These are the new features and enhancements of this release:

Issue key Release description
COL-12262 The Collection Agent has been updated to version 5.0.0 and now requires Java 21 as the minimum Java version.

Subsequently, all Collection Agent plugins have been updated to version 5.0.0:

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