Debian-based Parrot 7.2 lands with multiple tweaks and fixes

Remaining in the same field of ethical hacking as its predecessors, Parrot 7.2 comes with several improvements, as well as fresh security patches and various tweaks. The most important one is the use of the 6.19.13 Linux kernel, which includes the patch for the CVE-2026-31431 vulnerability, also known as "Copy Fail" and widely covered by the security-focused news outlets recently (even the Microsoft Security Blog mentioned it). 

In addition to the above, Parrot 7.2 comes with the following highlights:

• The latest versions of multiple essential tools, including netexec 1.5.1, bloodound 9.0.0, sqlmap 1.10.3, parrot-updater 2.0.8, legion 0.7.0, and httpx-toolkit 1.7.4.
• The migration to the new Go codebase continues, and parrot-menu received new desktop entries.
• A built-in check for Flatpak-installed packages has been added to parrot-core.
• This release syncs with the latest Debian upstream updates, delivering the latest security and stability nuts and bolts across the entire set of core packages.

The website overhaul continues, and the same applies to the Parrot documentation, which received significant revisions in certain areas. A substantial visual overhaul of the documentation is also in the works and should step into the spotlight soon. As usual, all the available downloads are located on this page.

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