Documentation Version History

# Release Notes

Note to users who created volumes with 1.17 version of VeraCrypt or earlier:
To avoid hinting whether your volumes contain a hidden volume or not, or if you depend on plausible deniability when using hidden volumes/OS, then you must recreate both the outer and hidden volumes including system encryption and hidden OS, discarding existing volumes created prior to 1.18a version of VeraCrypt.

Warning to users who created hidden volumes inside file containers using VeraCrypt 1.26.6 through 1.26.28:
A security issue fixed in VeraCrypt 1.26.29 may affect the plausible deniability of these hidden volumes. If you rely on plausible deniability, you should recreate the affected outer file container and its hidden volume using VeraCrypt 1.26.29 or later, then securely erase the old container.

1.26.29 (June 9th, 2026):

- All OSes:
  - Add Argon2id as an alternative memory-hard KDF for non-system volumes.
  - Use "KDF" terminology in the user interface and documentation instead of "PKCS-5 PRF".
  - When changing a volume password or changing only a volume header KDF, use the selected KDF's default PIM when a different KDF is selected unless a new PIM is explicitly specified.
  - Update logo icons with simplified icons without extra label text.
  - Harden XML and TLV parsers against malformed input.
  - Security: Fix GHSA-94c6-mgmv-mqc5: non-default `WOLFCRYPT=1` builds now use wolfCrypt PBKDF2 instead of HKDF and honor VeraCrypt's PBKDF2 iteration count.
    - Reported by https://github.com/vastblast
    - CVE-2026-53762
  - Fix CPU feature detection and crypto implementation edge cases, including AVX2/leaf 7 detection, BLAKE2s/Argon2 no-SSE2 x86 fallback paths, Camellia SSSE3 dispatch, Twofish x64 multiblock tail handling and Whirlpool alignment.
  - Update documentation, including Argon2id/KDF information and split Windows/Unix command line usage pages.
  - Update translations.
- Windows:
  - Fix rare BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) issue affecting the VeraCrypt driver.
  - Fix hibernation crash on fresh Windows 11 25H2 installations.
  - Security: Fix GHSA-jjcr-75w7-58jp: hidden volume quick format no longer uses the file-container allocation shortcut that wrote plaintext zero sectors at 128 MiB intervals, preserving plausible deniability.
    - Reported by https://github.com/vastblast
    - Regression introduced in 1.26.6
    - CVE-2026-54073
  - Harden Windows driver input validation and crash dump filter handling (GH PR #1590).
  - Improve driver I/O handling, including safer request completion, ordered volume flush barriers, and better VERIFY/TRIM validation.
  - Fix PBKDF XSTATE cleanup and add Win64 unwind metadata for AES assembly.
  - Speed up mounting when KDF autodetection is selected.
  - Allow selecting which KDF algorithms are included in the benchmark dialog.
  - Allow canceling long mount operations from the wait dialog and with the new `/cancelmount` CLI switch, including auto-mount scans.
  - Add support for new Microsoft UEFI CA 2023 signed EFI bootloaders while preserving Microsoft UEFI CA 2011 support.
  - Improve EFI system encryption repair and upgrade handling, including stuck decryption finalization, Post-OOBE repair, loader restoration verification, and clearer missing-loader reporting.
  - Fix EFI `DcsProp` rewrite handling.
  - Fix ghost drive letter after command line unmount (GH #337, GH #1426).
  - Fix favorite volume mount race.
  - Update stored favorite volume PIM/KDF metadata after password or header KDF changes.
  - Fix elevated COM format drive validation and device path normalization (GH #1670).
  - Fix ReFS formatting during volume creation.
  - Fix MSI traveler disk creation with WHQL-signed drivers, ARM64 MSI build, Start Menu folder upgrades, and discovery of newer SDK MSI tools.
  - Add CLI switch `/protectScreen` to allow disabling screen protection in portable mode (cf documentation).
  - Add argument to CLI switch `/protectMemory` to allow disabling memory protection in portable mode (cf documentation).
  - Add setting and CLI switch `/enableIME` to allow enabling Input Method Editor (IME) in Secure Desktop.
  - Use tab control for VeraCrypt preferences to reduce clutter and size of the dialog.
  - Provide VeraCrypt C/C++ SDK for creating volumes (https://github.com/veracrypt/VeraCrypt-SDK).
  - Update LZMA SDK to version 26.01.
- Linux:
  - Update Ubuntu 25.04 dependency to require libwxgtk3.2-1t64 package.
  - Add support for building against FUSE3.
  - Add in-kernel NTFS driver selection for NTFS mounts, including `--filesystem=kernel-ntfs` and `-m kernelntfs`.
    - `--filesystem=ntfs3` now pins the kernel ntfs3 driver and bypasses mount helpers such as `mount.ntfs3`.
  - Fix AppImage portability and language loading, bundle a matching FUSE library, and allow AppImage file name to start with "veracrypt" in any case.
  - Suppress redundant "already running" dialog and store the GUI instance lock under XDG paths.
  - Add emergency cleanup for stale unmounts.
  - Parallelize header KDF autodetection.
  - Honor `nokernelcrypto` during external formatting.
  - On WSL, open mounted volumes using Windows Explorer.
  - Add support for reproducible Linux builds, including SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH handling, DEB/RPM packages, and Arch package builds.
  - Add OpenWrt package build and QEMU test scripts.
  - Fix CMake 4 compatibility, CentOS 6 GCC 4.4 builds, and wxWidgets-related build issues.
- Linux and macOS:
  - Fix initial width of columns in main UI.
  - Enable Quick Format for normal file containers. The container is sized with `ftruncate()`, so the host filesystem may keep regions unwritten or sparse until data is written to them.
  - Fix hidden volume size estimation for exFAT outer volumes.
  - Fix hidden volume FAT size limit handling.
  - Fix erroneous 2 TiB limit for hidden file containers in GUI wizard.
  - Show volume creation finalization stages.
  - Collect mouse entropy from nested controls in the volume creation wizard.
  - Fix remaining wxWidgets sizer flags.
- macOS:
  - Use SMB backend for FUSE-T auxiliary mounts and improve FUSE-T SMB metadata handling and mount stability.
  - Recover mounted volume mount points.
  - Validate format wizard device targets and block partitioned whole-disk alias bypasses.
  - Run APFS formatter elevated when needed and prepare APFS formatter device aliases.
  - Force fresh exFAT layout when formatting volumes.
  - Fix `Command-A` in password fields.
  - Link against wxWidgets 3.2.10 and allow overriding the deployment target.
- BSD:
  - FreeBSD: link static wxWidgets builds with iconv.
  - OpenBSD: fix device-hosted volume sizing, honor doas user for mount ownership and FUSE access, and fix CLI build and PCSC exit handling.

1.26.24 (May 30th, 2025):

- All OSes:
  - Fix whirlpool implementation for big-endian platforms (GH #1529).
  - Rename "Dismount All" to "Unmount All" in UI. Use ALT+u as new accelerator key instead of ALT+s
  - Add contributed Chinese and Russian CHM documentation.
  - Update translations.
- Windows:
  - Implemented screen protection against screenshots and screen recording, enabled by default.
    - This feature can be disabled during installation or via the Performance/Driver Configuration settings.
  - Added checkboxes to the MSI installer to control memory protection and screen protection features.
    - Introduced command-line options `DISABLEMEMORYPROTECTION` and `DISABLESCREENPROTECTION` for the MSI installer to manage these features.
    - Both options accept values `0` (enabled) or `1` (disabled).
    - Example usage:
      `msiexec /i VeraCrypt_Setup_x64_1.26.24.msi DISABLESCREENPROTECTION=1 /qn REBOOT=ReallySuppress MSIRESTARTMANAGERCONTROL=Disable ACCEPTLICENSE=YES`
  - Fix race conditions when multiple instances of veracrypt.exe are started simultaneously.
  - Updated `libzip` to version 1.11.3.
- Linux:
  - Add support for AppImage packaging and usage.
  - Fix absolute path of 'true' command not being used when checking if sudo session is active.
  - Fix failure to use Hungarian language translations.
  - Improve generic installer scripts (GH #1514).
  - Add support for /run/media/veracrypt as default mount prefix when /media is not available(GH #1524).
  - Remove pcsclite dependency from .deb/.rpm packages since it is detected/loaded dynamically at runtime.
- macOS:
  - Fix absolute path of 'true' command not being used when checking if sudo session is active.
  - Create simlink of VeraCrypt in `/usr/local/bin` to allow using it from command line.
  - Fix failure to use Hungarian language translations.

1.26.20 (February 3rd, 2025):

- All OSes:
  - Implement SHA-256 acceleration on ARM64 platforms using CPU instructions.
  - Update translations.
  - Replace "Dismount" with "Unmount" across the UI and documentation to align with IT standards.
- Windows:
  - Fix regression in driver that always allowed defragmentation and caused other side effects.
  - Revert to the previous method of gathering system entropy due to stability issues reported by users.
- Linux:
  - Fix a regression in Linux Mint affecting administrator password authentication (GH #1473).
    - /usr/bin/true is now used instead of /usr/bin/uptime to detect active sudo sessions.
    - If NOPASSWD used in sudoers with veracrypt and uptime, it should be changed to use /usr/bin/true instead of uptime.
- macOS:
  - Fix a regression that prevented volume unmounting (GH #1467).
  - Resolve a wxWidgets 3.2.6 assertion error related to the undefined switch `use-dummy-sudo-password` (GH #1470).

1.26.18 (January 20th, 2025):

- All OSes:
  - Added support for SHA-256 x86 intrinsic to enhance the performance of PBKDF2-HMAC-SHA256.
  - Added support for AES hardware on ARM64 platforms (e.g. Windows ARM64, macOS on Apple Silicon Mx).
  - Updated translations
- Windows:
  - Dropped support for Windows 32-bit.
  - Set Windows 10 October 2018 Update (version 1809) as the minimum supported version.
  - Reduce driver deadlock occurences under low-memory scenarios caused by re-entrant IRP completions.
  - Fixed failed EFI detection on some PCs where the BootOrder variable is not defined (proposed by @kriegste, GH #360).
  - Fixed "Access Denied" error when updating VeraCrypt using EXE setup following a Windows upgrade.
  - Fixed various issues affecting the EFI system encryption configuration editor.
  - Fixed regression in Traveler Disk creation (GH #886)
  - Replaced the deprecated CryptGenRandom with BCryptGenRandom for generating secure random bytes.
  - Use modern API to gather system entropy for random generation instead of obsolete ones.
  - Update LZMA SDK to version 24.09
  - Update libzip to version 1.11.2
- Linux:
  - CVE-2024-54187: Added absolute paths when executing system binaries to prevent path hijacking (collaboration with SivertPL @__tfr)
  - CVE-2025-23021: Prevent mounting volumes on system directories and PATH (reported by SivertPL @__tfr)
  - Fixed an assertion issue with the wxWidgets library included in Ubuntu.
  - Improved directory-opening logic by prioritizing xdg-open and adding fallback mechanisms.
  - Ensure that volume exists before starting the mount operation.
  - Fix "Password too long" error message not expanded to include max length (GH #1456)
  - Simplify sudo session detection logic.
- macOS:
  - CVE-2024-54187: Added absolute paths when executing system binaries to prevent path hijacking (collaboration with SivertPL @__tfr)
  - CVE-2025-23021: Prevent mounting volumes on system directories and PATH (reported by SivertPL @__tfr)
  - Disabled screen capture by default. Added the --allow-screencapture CLI switch to enable it if needed.
  - Ensure that volume exists before starting the mount operation.
  - Implement sudo session detection logic

1.26.15 (September 2nd, 2024):

- Windows:
  - Fix MSI install/uninstall issues:
    - Fixed error 1603 returned by MSI silent install when REBOOT=ReallySuppress is specified and a reboot is required.
    - Fixed missing documentation and language files from the MSI package.
    - Fixed MSI not installing new documentation and language files when upgrading from an EXE-based installation.
    - Fixed installation folder not being removed after MSI uninstall in some cases.
  - Fix regression during UEFI system decryption that caused the bootloader to persist.

1.26.14 (August 25th, 2024):

- All OSes:
  - Update translations and documentation
  - Implement language selection settings in non-Windows versions.
  - Make codebase compatible with wxWidgets 3.3 in non-Windows versions.
  - Implement detection of volumes affected by XTS master key vulnerability and warn user about it.
  - Update mount failure error messages to mention removal of TrueCrypt support and old algorithms.
- Windows:
  - Better fix for Secure Desktop issues under Windows 11 22H2
    - IME is now disabled in Secure Desktop because it is known to cause issues
  - VeraCrypt Expander: Fix expansion of volumes on disks with a sector size different from 512 (by skl0n6)
  - Fix writing wrong EFI System Encryption Advanced Options to registry
  - Don't close Setup when exiting VeraCrypt process through system tray Exit menu
  - Fix failure to format some disks (e.g. VHDX) caused by virtual partition offset not 4K aligned
  - Fallback to absolute positioning when accessing disks if relative positioning fails
  - Update zlib to version 1.3.1
- Linux:
  - Focus PIM field when selected (#1239)
  - Fix generic installation script on Konsole in Wayland (#1244)
  - Added the ability to build using wolfCrypt as the cryptographic backend. Disabled by default. (Contributed by wolfSSL, GH PR #1227)
  - Allows GUI to launch in a Wayland-only environment (GH #1264)
  - CLI: Don't initially re-ask PIM if it was already specified (GH #1288)
  - CLI: Fix incorrect max hidden volume size for file containers (GH #1338))
  - Enhance ASLR security of generic installer binaries by adding linked flag for old GCC version (reported by @morton-f on Sourceforge)
- macOS:
  - Fix corrupted disk icon in main UI (GH #1218)
  - Fix near zero width PIM input box and simplify wxTextValidator logic (GH #1274)
  - Use correct Disk Utility location when "check filesystem" is ran (GH #1273)
  - Add support for FUSE-T as an alternative to MacFUSE (GH #1055)
- FreeBSD:
  - Fix privilege escalation prompts not showing up (GH #1349)
  - Support automatic detection and mounting of ext2/3/4, exFAT, NTFS filesystems (GH #1350)
  - Use correct Disk Utility location when "check filesystem" is ran (GH #1273)

1.26.7 (October 1st, 2023):

- All OSes:
  - Security: Ensure that XTS primary key is different from the secondary key when creating volumes
    - Issue unlikely to happen thanks to random generator properties but this check must be added to prevent attacks
    - Reference: CCSS,NSA comment at page 3: https://csrc.nist.gov/csrc/media/Projects/crypto-publication-review-project/documents/initial-comments/sp800-38e-initial-public-comments-2021.pdf
  - Remove TrueCrypt Mode support. Version 1.25.9 can be used to mount or convert TrueCrypt volumes.
  - Complete removal of RIPEMD160 and GOST89 algorithms. Legacy volumes using any of them cannot be mounted by VeraCrypt anymore.
  - Add support for BLAKE2s as new PRF algorithm for both system encryption and standard volumes.
  - Introducing support for EMV banking smart cards as keyfiles for non-system volumes.
    - No need for a separate PKCS#11 module configuration.
    - Card PIN isn't required.
    - Generates secure keyfile content from unique, encoded data present on the banking card.
    - Supports all EMV standard-compliant banking cards.
    - Can be enabled in settings (go to Settings->Security Tokens).
    - Developed by a team of students from the Institut national des sciences appliquées de Rennes.
    - More details about the team and the project are available at https://projets-info.insa-rennes.fr/projets/2022/VeraCrypt/index_en.html.
  - When overwriting an existing file container during volume creation, add its current size to the available free space
  - Add Corsican language support. Update several translations.
  - Update documentation
- Windows:
  - Officially, the minimum supported version is now Windows 10. VeraCrypt may still run on Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1, but no active tests are done on these platforms.
  - EFI Bootloader:
    - Fix bug in PasswordTimeout value handling that caused it to be limited to 255 seconds.
    - Rescue Disk: enhance "Boot Original Windows Loader" by using embedded backup of original Windows loader if it is missing from disk
    - Addition of Blake2s and removal of RIPEMD160 & GOST89
  - Enable memory protection by default. Add option under Performance/Driver Configuration to disable it if needed.
    - Memory protection blocks non-admin processes from reading VeraCrypt memory
    - It may block Screen Readers (Accessibility support) from reading VeraCrypt UI, in which case it can be disabled
    - It can be disabled by setting registry value "VeraCryptEnableMemoryProtection" to 0 under "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\veracrypt"
  - Add process mitigation policy to prevent VeraCrypt from being injected by other processes
  - Minor enhancements to RAM Encryption implementation
  - Fix Secure Desktop issues under Windows 11 22H2
  - Implement support for mounting partially encrypted system partitions.
  - Fix false positive detection of new device insertion when Clear Encryption Keys option is enable (System Encryption case only)
  - Better implementation of Fast Create when creating file containers that uses UAC to request required privilege if not already held
  - Allow choosing Fast Create in Format Wizard UI when creating file containers
  - Fix formatting issues during volume creation on some machines.
  - Fix stall issue caused by Quick Format of large file containers
  - Add dropdown menu to Mount button to allow mounting without using the cache.
  - Possible workaround for logarithmic slowdown for Encrypt-In-Place on large volumes.
  - Make Expander first check file existence before proceeding further
  - Allow selecting size unit (KB/MB/GB) for generated keyfiles
  - Display full list of supported cluster sizes for NTFS, ReFS and exFAT filesystems when creating volumes
  - Support drag-n-drop of files and keyfiles in Expander.
  - Implement translation of Expander UI
  - Replace legacy file/dir selection APIs with modern IFileDialog interface for better Windows 11 compatibility
  - Enhancements to dependency dlls safe loading, including delay loading.
  - Remove recommendation of keyfiles files extensions and update documentation to mention risks of third-party file extensions.
  - Add support for more language in the setup installer
  - Update LZMA library to version 23.01
  - Update libzip to version 1.10.1 and zlib to version 1.3
- Linux:
  - Fix bug in Random generator on Linux when used with Blake2s that was triggering a self test failure.
  - Modify Random Generator on Linux to exactly match official documentation and the Windows implementation.
  - Fix compatibility issues with Ubuntu 23.04.
  - Fix assert messages displayed when using wxWidgets 3.1.6 and newer.
  - Fix issues launching fsck on Linux.
  - Fix privilege escalation prompts being ignored.
  - Fix wrong size for hidden volume when selecting the option to use all free space.
  - Fix failure to create hidden volume on a disk using CLI caused by wrong maximum size detection.
  - Fix various issues when running in Text mode:
    - Don't allow selecting exFAT/BTRFS filesytem if they are not present or not compatible with the created volume.
    - Fix wrong unmount message displayed when mounting a volume.
    - Hide PIM during entry and re-ask PIM when user entered a wrong value.
    - Fix printing error when checking free space during volume creation in path doesn't exist.
  - Use wxWidgets 3.2.2.1 for static builds (e.g. console only version)
  - Fix compatibility of generic installers with old Linux distros
  - Update help message to indicate that when cascading algorithms they must be separated by dash
  - Better compatibility with building under Alpine Linux and musl libc
- macOS:
  - Fix issue of VeraCrypt window becoming unusable in use cases involving multiple monitors and change in resolution.

1.25.9 (February 19th, 2022):

- All OSes:
  - Update translations (Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Turkish).
- Windows:
  - Make MSI installer compatible with system encryption.
  - Set minimum support for MSI installation to Windows 7.
  - Fix failure to create Traveler Disk when VeraCrypt is installed using MSI.
  - Don't cache the outer volume password when mounting with hidden volume protection if wrong hidden volume password was specified.
  - Reduce the size of EXE installers by almost 50% by using LZMA compression instead of DEFLATE.
  - Fix double-clicking mounted drive in VeraCrypt UI not working in some special Windows configurations.
  - Add registry key to fix BSOD during shutdown/reboot on some machines when using system encryption.
    - Under "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\veracrypt", create a REG_DWORD value named "VeraCryptEraseKeysShutdown".
    - Setting this registry value to 0 disables erasing system encryption keys which is the cause of BSOD during shutdown on some machines.
- Linux:
  - Fix hidden volume settings not correctly displayed when enabling hidden volume protection in mount options window.
  - Fix generic Linux installer overwriting /usr/sbin if it is a symlink.
  - Fix crash when building with _GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS defined.
  - Enable building from source without AES-NI support.
- MacOSX:
  - Fix hidden volume settings not correctly displayed when enabling hidden volume protection in mount options window.

1.25.7 (January 7th, 2022):

- All OSes:
  - Update translations.
- Windows:
  - Restore support of Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1.
    - Windows 7 support requires that either KB3033929 or KB4474419 is installed.
    - Windows Vista support requires that either KB4039648 or KB4474419 is installed.
  - MSI installation only: Fix double-clicking .hc file container inserting %1 instead of volume name in path field.
  - Advanced users: Add registry settings to control driver internal encryption queue to allow tuning performance for SSD disks and having better stability under heavy load.
    - Under registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\veracrypt:
      - VeraCryptEncryptionFragmentSize (REG_DWORD): size of encryption data fragment in KiB. Default is 256. Maximum is 2048.
      - VeraCryptEncryptionIoRequestCount (REG_DWORD): maximum number of parallel I/O requests. Default is 16. Maximum is 8192.
      - VeraCryptEncryptionItemCount (REG_DWORD): maximum number of encryption queue items processed in parallel. Default as well as maximum is half of VeraCryptEncryptionIoRequestCount.
    - The triplet (FragmentSize=512, IoRequestCount=128, ItemCount=64) is an example of parameters that enhance sequential read speed on some SSD NVMe systems.
    - Fix truncate text in installer for some languages.
- MacOSX:
  - Fix resource files inside VeraCrypt application bundle (e.g. HTML documentation, languages XML files) being world-writable. (Reported by Niall O'Reilly)

1.25.4 (December 3rd, 2021):

- All OSes:
  - Speed optimization of Streebog.
  - Update translations.
- Windows:
  - Add support for Windows on ARM64 (e.g. Microsoft Surface Pro X) but system encryption not yet supported.
  - Add MSI installer for silent mode deployment (ACCEPTLICENSE=YES must be set in msiexec command line).
    - For now, MSI installer cannot be used if system partition is encrypted with VeraCrypt
    - MSI installer requires Windows 10 or newer
  - Drop support of Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 because of new requirement for driver code signing.
  - Reduce time of mount when PRF auto-detection is selected.
  - Fix potential memory corruption in driver caused by integer overflow in IOCTL_STORAGE_MANAGE_DATA_SET_ATTRIBUTES (reported by Ilja van Sprundel).
  - Replace insecure wcscpy/wcscat/strcpy runtime functions with secure equivalents.
  - Changes to EFI bootloader:
    - Fix memory leak in some cases caused by wrong check of pointer for calling MEM_FREE
    - Clear bootParams variable that may contain sensitive information when halting the system in case of fatal error
    - Add option "KeyboardInputDelay" in DcsProp to control the minimum delay supported between two key strokes
  - Try to workaround Windows Feature Updates issues with system encryption by fixing of bootloader and SetupConfig.ini when system resumes or when session is opened/unlocked
  - Fix failure to load local HTML documentation if application running with administrative privileges
  - Fix freeze when password dialog displayed in secure desktop and try to access token keyfiles protected by PIN
  - Fix failure to launch keyfile generator in secure desktop mode
  - Block Windows from resizing system partition if it is encrypted
  - Add keyboard shortcut to "TrueCrypt mode" in the mount dialog.
- MacOSX:
  - Native support of Apple Silicon M1.
  - Drop official support of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion and Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion.
  - Add UI language support using installed XML files. Language is automatically detected using "LANG" environment variable
  - Add CLI switch (--size=max) and UI option to give a file container all available free space on the disk where it is created.
  - Return error if unknown filesystem value specified in CLI --filesystem switch instead of silently skipping filesystem creation.
- Linux:
  - Add UI language support using installed XML files. Language is automatically detected using "LANG" environment variable
  - Compatiblity with with pam_tmpdir.
  - Display icon in notification area on Ubuntu 18.04 and newer (contibuted by https://unit193.net/).
  - Add CLI switch (--size=max) and UI option to give a file container all available free space on the disk where it is created.
  - Return error if unknown filesystem value specified in CLI --filesystem switch instead of silently skipping filesystem creation.
- FreeBSD:
  - Make system devices work under FreeBSD
  - Add CLI switch (--size=max) and UI option to give a file container all available free space on the disk where it is created.
  - Return error if unknown filesystem value specified in CLI --filesystem switch instead of silently skipping filesystem creation.
- OpenBSD:
  - Add basic support of OpenBSD
  - Add CLI switch (--size=max) and UI option to give a file container all available free space on the disk where it is created.
  - Return error if unknown filesystem value specified in CLI --filesystem switch instead of silently skipping filesystem creation.

1.24-Update8 (November 28th, 2020):

- MacOSX:
  - Fix compatibility issues with macOS Big Sur, especially on Apple Silicon M1 with macFUSE 4.0.x.

1.24-Update7 (August 7th, 2020):

- All OSes:
  - Don't allow Hidden volume to have the same password, PIM and keyfiles as Outer volume
  - Fix random crash in 32-bit builds when using Streebog.
  - Enable FIPS mode in JitterEntropy random generator.
  - Update Beginner's Tutorial in documentation to use "MyVolume.hc" instead of "My Volume" for file container name in order to avoid confusion about nature of file nature.
  - Minor code cleanup
- Windows:
  - Fix wrong results in benchmark of encryption algorithms when RAM encryption is enabled
  - Fix issue when RAM encryption used, AES selected and AES-NI not supported by CPU that caused the free space of newly created volumes not filled with random data even if "quick format" is not selected.
  - Fix UI for blocking TRIM in system encryption not working in MBR boot mode.
  - Support password drag-n-drop from external applications (e.g. KeePass) to password UI fields which is more secure than using clipboard.
  - Implements compatibility with Windows 10 Modern Standby and Windows 8.1 Connected Standby power model. This makes detection of entring power saving mode more reliable.
  - Avoid displaying waiting dialog when /silent specified for "VeraCrypt Format" during creating of file container using /create switch and a filesystem other than FAT.
  - Use native Windows format program to perform formatting of volume since it is more reliable and only fallback to FormatEx function from fmifs.dll in case of issue.
  - Don't use API for Processor Groups support if there is only 1 CPU group in the system. This can fix slowness issue observed on some PCs with AMD CPUs.
  - Don't allow to encrypt the system drive if it is already encrypted by BitLocker.
  - Implement detection of Hibernate and Fast Startup and disable them if RAM encryption is activated.
  - Warn about Fast Startup if it is enabled during VeraCrypt installation/upgrade, when starting system encryption or when creating a volume, and propose to disable it.
  - Add UI options to control the behavior of automatic bootloader fixing when System Encryption used.
  - Don't allow a directory path to be entered for the file container to be created in Format wizard.
  - Don't try to use fix for CVE-2019-19501 if Windows Shell has been modified or is not running since there is no reliable way to fix it in such non standard configuation.
  - MBR bootloader: fix incorrect compressed data size passed to decompressor in boot sector.
  - Add warning message when typed password reaches maximum length during the system encryption wizard.
  - Fix wrong error message when UTF-8 encoding of entered password exceeds the maximum supported length.
  - Fix crash when using portable 32-bit "VeraCrypt Format.exe" to create hidden volume on a 64-bit machine where VeraCrypt is already installed.
  - Update libzip to latest version 1.7.3.
  - Update translations.
- Linux/MacOSX:
  - Force reading of at least 32 bytes from /dev/random before allowing it to fail gracefully
  - Allow choosing a filesystem other than FAT for Outer volume but display warning about risks of such choice. Implement an estimation of maximum possible size of hidden volume in this case.
  - Erase sensitive memory explicitly instead of relying on the compiler not optimizing calls to method Memory::Erase.
  - Add support for Btrfs filesystem when creating volumes (Linux Only).
  - Update wxWidgets for static builds to version 3.0.5.

1.24-Update6 (March 10th, 2020):

- Windows:
  - Fix PIM label text truncation in password dialog
  - Fix wrong language used in installer if user selects a language other than English and then selects English before clicking OK on language selection dialog.

1.24-Update5 (March 9th, 2020):

- Windows:
  - Optimize performance for CPUs that have more than 64 logical processors (contributed by Sachin Keswani from AMD)
  - Support specifying keyfiles (both in tokens and in filesystem) when creating file containers using command line (switches /keyfile, /tokenlib and /tokenpin supported in VeraCrypt Format)
  - Fix leak of keyfiles path and name after VeraCrypt process exits.
  - Add CLI switch /secureDesktop to VeraCrypt Format.
  - Update libzip to version 1.6.1
  - Minor UI fixes

1.24-Update4 (January 23rd, 2020):

- Windows:
  - Fix regression in Expander and Format when RAM encryption is enable that was causing volume headers to be corrupted.
  - Fix failure of Screen Readers (Accessibility support) to read UI by disabling newly introduced memory protection by default and adding a CLI switch (/protectMemory) to enable it when needed.
  - Fix side effects related to the fix for CVE-2019-19501 which caused links in UI not to open.
  - Add switch /signalExit to support notifying WAITFOR Windows command when VeraCrypt.exe exits if /q was specified in CLI (cf documentation for usage).
  - Don't display mount/unmount examples in help dialog for command line in Format and Expander.
  - Documentation and translation updates.
- Linux:
  - Fix regression that limited the size available for hidden volumes created on disk or partition.
- MacOSX:
  - Fix regression that limited the size available for hidden volumes created on disk or partition.

1.24-Update3 (December 21nd, 2019):

- Linux:
  - Fix console-only build to remove dependency on GTK that is not wanted on headless servers.

1.24-Update2 (December 16th, 2019):

- All OSes:
  - clear AES key from stack memory when using non-optimized implementation. Doesn't apply to VeraCrypt official build (Reported and fixed by Hanno Böck)
  - Update Jitterentropy RNG Library to version 2.2.0
  - Start following IEEE 1541 agreed naming of bytes (KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB, PiB).
  - Various documentation enhancements.
- Windows:
  - Fix possible local privilege escalation vulnerability during execution of VeraCrypt Expander (CVE-2019-19501)
  - MBR bootloader:
    - workaround for SSD disks that don't allow write operations in BIOS mode with buffers less than 4096 bytes.
    - Don't restore MBR to VeraCrypt value if it is coming from a loader different from us or different from Microsoft one.
  - EFI bootloader:
    - Fix "ActionFailed" not working and add "ActionCancelled" to customize handling of user hitting ESC on password prompt
    - Fix F5 showing previous password after failed authentication attempt. Ensure that even wrong password value are cleared from memory.
  - Fix multi-OS boot compatibility by only setting VeraCrypt as first bootloader of the system if the current first bootloader is Windows one.
  - Add new registry flags for SystemFavoritesService to control updating of EFI BIOS boot menu on shutdown.
  - Allow system encrypted drive to be mounted in WindowsPE even if changing keyboard layout fails (reported and fixed by Sven Strickroth)
  - Enhancements to the mechanism preserving file timestamps, especially for keyfiles.
  - Fix RDRAND instruction not detected on AMD CPUs.
  - Detect cases where RDRAND is flawed (e.g. AMD Ryzen) to avoid using it if enabled by user.
  - Don't write extra 0x00 byte at the end of DcsProp file when modifying it through UI
  - Reduce memory usage of IOCTL_DISK_VERIFY handler used in disk verification by Windows.
  - Add switch /FastCreateFile for VeraCrypt Format.exe to speedup creation of large file container if quick format is selected.
  - Fix the checkbox for skipping verification of Rescue Disk not reflecting the value of /noisocheck switch specified in VeraCrypt Format command line.
  - check "TrueCrypt Mode" in password dialog when mounting a file container with .tc extension
  - Update XML languages files.
- Linux:
  - Fix regression causing admin password to be requested too many times in some cases
  - Fix off by one buffer overflow in function Process::Execute (Reported and fixed by Hanno Böck)
  - Make sure password gets deleted in case of internal error when mounting volume (Reported and fixed by Hanno Böck)
  - Fix passwords using Unicode characters not recognized in text mode.
  - Fix failure to run VeraCrypt binary built for console mode on headless machines.
  - Add switch to force the use of legacy maximum password length (64 UTF8 bytes)
  - Add CLI switch (--use-dummy-sudo-password) to force use of old sudo behavior of sending a dummy password
  - During uninstall, output error message to STDERR instead of STDOUT for better compatibility with package managers.
  - Make sector size mismatch error when mounting disks more verbose.
  - Speedup SHA256 in 64-bit mode by using assembly code.
- MacOSX:
  - Add switch to force the use of legacy maximum password length (64 UTF8 bytes)
  - Fix off by one buffer overflow in function Process::Execute (Reported and fixed by Hanno Böck)
  - Fix passwords using Unicode characters not recognized in text mode.
  - Make sector size mismatch error when mounting disks more verbose.
  - Speedup SHA256 in 64-bit mode by using assembly code.
  - Link against latest wxWidgets version 3.1.3

1.24-Hotfix1 (October 27rd, 2019):

- Windows:
  - Fix 1.24 regression that caused system favorites not to mount at boot if VeraCrypt freshly installed.
  - Fix failure to encrypt system if the current Windows username contains a Unicode non-ASCII character.
  - Make VeraCrypt Expander able to resume expansion of volumes whose previous expansion was aborted before it finishes.
  - Add "Quick Expand" option to VeraCrypt Expander to accelarate the expansion of large file containers.
  - Add several robustness checks and validation in case of system encryption to better handle some corner cases.
  - Minor UI and documentation changes.
- Linux:
  - Workaround gcc 4.4.7 bug under CentOS 6 that caused VeraCrypt built under CentOS 6 to crash when Whirlpool hash is used.
  - Fix "incorrect password attempt" written to /var/log/auth.log when mounting volumes.
  - Fix dropping file in UI not showing its correct path , specifically under GTK-3.
  - Add missing JitterEntropy implementation/
- MacOSX:
  - Fix some devices and partitions not showing in the device selection dialog under OSX 10.13 and newer.
  - Fix keyboard tab navigation between password fields in "Volume Password" page of volume creation wizard.
  - Add missing JitterEntropy implementation/
  - Support APFS filesystem for creation volumes.
  - Support Dark Mode.

1.24 (October 6th, 2019):

- All OSs:
  - Increase password maximum length to 128 bytes in UTF-8 encoding for non-system volumes.
  - Add option to use legacy maximum password length (64) instead of new one for compatibility reasons.
  - Use Hardware RNG based on CPU timing jitter "Jitterentropy" by Stephan Mueller as a good alternative to CPU RDRAND (http://www.chronox.de/jent.html)
  - Speed optimization of XTS mode on 64-bit machine using SSE2 (up to 10% faster).
  - Fix detection of CPU features AVX2/BMI2. Add detection of RDRAND/RDSEED CPU features. Detect Hygon CPU as AMD one.
- Windows:
  - Implement RAM encryption for keys and passwords using ChaCha12 cipher, t1ha non-cryptographic fast hash and ChaCha20 based CSPRNG.
  - Available only on 64-bit machines.
  - Disabled by default. Can be enabled using option in UI.
  - Less than 10% overhead on modern CPUs.
  - Side effect: Windows Hibernate is not possible if VeraCrypt System Encryption is also being used.
  - Mitigate some memory attacks by making VeraCrypt applications memory inaccessible to non-admin users (based on KeePassXC implementation)
  - New security features:
  - Erase system encryption keys from memory during shutdown/reboot to help mitigate some cold boot attacks
  - Add option when system encryption is used to erase all encryption keys from memory when a new device is connected to the system.
  - Add new driver entry point that can be called by applications to erase encryption keys from memory in case of emergency.
  - MBR Bootloader: dynamically determine boot loader memory segment instead of hardcoded values (proposed by neos6464)
  - MBR Bootloader: workaround for issue affecting creation of hidden OS on some SSD drives.
  - Fix issue related to Windows Update breaking VeraCrypt UEFI bootloader.
  - Several enhancements and fixes for EFI bootloader:
  - Implement timeout mechanism for password input. Set default timeout value to 3 minutes and default timeout action to "shutdown".
  - Implement new actions "shutdown" and "reboot" for EFI DcsProp config file.
  - Enhance Rescue Disk implementation of restoring VeraCrypt loader.
  - Fix ESC on password prompt during Pre-Test not starting Windows.
  - Add menu entry in Rescue Disk that enables starting original Windows loader.
  - Fix issue that was preventing Streebog hash from being selected manually during Pre-Boot authentication.
  - If "VeraCrypt" folder is missing from Rescue Disk, it will boot PC directly from bootloader stored on hard drive
  - This makes it easy to create a bootable disk for VeraCrypt from Rescue Disk just by removing/renaming its "VeraCrypt" folder.
  - Add option (disabled by default) to use CPU RDRAND or RDSEED as an additional entropy source for our random generator when available.
  - Add mount option (both UI and command line) that allows mounting a volume without attaching it to the specified drive letter.
  - Update libzip to version 1.5.2
  - Do not create uninstall shortcut in startmenu when installing VeraCrypt. (by Sven Strickroth)
  - Enable selection of Quick Format for file containers creation. Separate Quick Format and Dynamic Volume options in the wizard UI.
  - Fix editor of EFI system encryption configuration file not accepting ENTER key to add new lines.
  - Avoid simultaneous calls of favorites mounting, for example if corresponding hotkey is pressed multiple times.
  - Ensure that only one thread at a time can create a secure desktop.
  - Resize some dialogs in Format and Mount Options to to fix some text truncation issues with non-English languages.
  - Fix high CPU usage when using favorites and add switch to disable periodic check on devices to reduce CPU load.
  - Minor UI changes.
  - Updates and corrections to translations and documentation.
- MacOSX:
  - Add check on size of file container during creation to ensure it's smaller than available free disk space. Add CLI switch --no-size-check to disable this check.
- Linux:
  - Make CLI switch --import-token-keyfiles compatible with Non-Interactive mode.
  - Add check on size of file container during creation to ensure it's smaller than available free disk space. Add CLI switch --no-size-check to disable this check.

1.23-Hotfix-2 (October 8th, 2018):

- Windows:
  - Fix low severity vulnerability inherited from TrueCrypt that allowed reading 3 bytes of kernel stack memory (with a rare possibility of 25 additional bytes).
    - Reported by Tim Harrison.
  - Disable quick format when creating file containers from command line. Add /quick switch to enable it in this case if needed.
  - Add /nosizecheck switch to disable checking container size against available free space during its creation.
    - This enables to workaround a bug in Microsoft Distributed File System (DFS).

1.23 (September 12th, 2018):

- Windows:
  - VeraCrypt is now compatible with default EFI SecureBoot configuration for system encryption.
  - Fix EFI system encryption issues on some machines (e.g. HP, Acer).
  - Support EFI system encryption on Windows LTSB.
  - Add compatibility of system encryption with Windows 10 upgrade using ReflectDrivers mechanism
  - Make EFI Rescue Disk decrypt partition correctly when Windows Repair overwrites first partition sector.
  - Add Driver option in the UI to explicitly allow Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 defragmenter to see VeraCrypt encrypted disks.
  - Add internal verification of binaries embedded signature to protect against some types to tampering attacks.
  - Fix Secure Desktop not working for favorites set to mount at logon on Windows 10 under some circumstances.
  - when Secure Desktop is enabled, use it for Mount Options dialog if it is displayed before password dialog.
  - when extracting files in Setup or Portable mode, decompress zip files docs.zip and Languages.zip in order to have ready to use configuration.
  - Display a balloon tip warning message when text pasted to password field is longer than maximum length and so it will be truncated.
  - Implement language selection mechanism at the start of the installer to make easier for international users.
  - Add check on size of file container during creation to ensure it's smaller than available free disk space.
  - Fix buttons at the bottom not shown when user sets a large system font under Window 7.
  - Fix compatibility issues with some disk drivers that don't support IOCTL_DISK_GET_DRIVE_GEOMETRY_EX ioctl.
- MacOSX:
  - Support pasting values to password fields using keyboard (CMD+V and CMD+A now working properly).
  - Add CheckBox in mount option dialog to force the use of embedded backup header during mount.
  - When performing backup of volume header, automatically try to use embedded backup header if using the main header fails.
  - Implement benchmarking UI for Hash and PKCS-5 PRF algorithms.
- Linux:
  - Don't allow waiting dialog to be closed before the associated operation is finished. This fix a crash under Lubuntu 16.04.
  - Add CheckBox in mount option dialog to force the use of embedded backup header during mount.
  - When performing backup of volume header, automatically try to use embedded backup header if using the main header fails.
  - Implement benchmarking UI for Hash and PKCS-5 PRF algorithms.
  - Remove limitation of hidden volume protection on disk with sector size larger than 512 bytes.

1.22 (March 30th, 2018):

- All OSs:
  - SIMD speed optimization for Kuznyechik cipher implementation (up to 2x speedup).
  - Add 5 new cascades of cipher algorithms: Camellia-Kuznyechik, Camellia-Serpent, Kuznyechik-AES, Kuznyechik-Serpent-Camellia and Kuznyechik-Twofish.
- Windows:
  - MBR Bootloader: Fix failure to boot hidden OS on some machines.
  - MBR Bootloader: Reduce CPU usage during password prompt.
  - Security enhancement: Add option to block TRIM command for system encryption on SSD drives.
  - Implement TRIM support for non-system SSD drives and add option to enable it (TRIM is disabled by default for non-system volumes).
  - Better fix for "Parameter Incorrect" issues during EFI system encryption in some machines.
  - Driver: remove unnecessary dependency to wcsstr which can cause issues on some machines.
  - Driver: Fix "Incorrect Parameter" error when mounting volumes on some machines.
  - Fix failure to mount system favorites during boot on some machines.
  - Fix current application losing focus when VeraCrypt is run in command line with /quit /silent switches.
  - Fix some cases of external applications freezing during mount/unmount.
  - Fix rare cases of secure desktop for password dialog not visible which caused UI to block.
  - Update libzip to version 1.5.0 that include fixes for some security issues.
  - Extend Secure Desktop feature to smart card PIN entry dialog.
  - Fix truncated license text in installer wizard.
  - Add portable package that allows extracting binaries without asking for admin privileges.
  - Simplify format of language XML files.
  - Workaround for cases where password dialog doesn't get keyboard focus if Secure Desktop is not enabled.
- Linux:
  - Fix failure to install GUI version under recent versions of KDE.
  - Fix wxWidgets assertion failed when backing up/restoring volume header.
- MacOSX:
  - Fix issue preventing some local help files from opening in the browser.

1.21 (July 9th, 2017):

- All OSs:
  - Fix 1.20 regression crash when running on CPU not supporting extended features.
- Windows:
  - Fix 1.20 regression that caused PIM value stored in favorites to be ignored during mount.
  - Fix 1.20 regression that causes system favorites not to mount in some cases.
  - Fix some cases of "Parameter Incorrect" error during EFI system encryption wizard.
  - Install PDF documents related to EFI system encryption configuration for advanced users:
    - disk_encryption_v1_2.pdf related to EFI hidden OS and full fisk encryption
    - dcs_tpm_owner_02.pdf related to TPM configuration for EFI system encryption.
- FreeBSD:
  - Add support for building on FreeBSD.

1.20 (June 29th, 2017):

- All OSs:
  - Use 64-bit optimized assembly implementation of Twofish and Camellia by Jussi Kivilinna.
    - Camellia 2.5 faster when AES-NI supported by CPU. 30% faster without it.
  - Use optimized implementation for SHA-512/SHA256.
    - 33% speedup on 64-bit systems.
  - Deploy local HTML documentation instead of User Guide PDF.
  - Change links in UI from ones on Codeplex to ones hosted at veracrypt.fr
  - Security: build binaries with support for Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR).
- Windows:
  - Several fixes and modifications for EFI System Encryption:
    - Fix bug in EFI system decryption using EFI Rescue Disk
    - Add support for TPM 1.2 and TPM 2.0 (experimental) through DCS low level configuration.
      - https://dc5.sourceforge.io/docs/dcs_tpm_owner_02.pdf
    - Add Support for EFI full disk encryption and hidden OS using manual procedure (not exposed in UI).
      - https://dc5.sourceforge.io/docs/disk_encryption_v1_2.pdf
  - Enable using Secure Desktop for password entry. Add preferences option and command line switch (/secureDesktop) to activate it.
  - Use default mount parameters when mounting multiple favorites with password caching.
  - Enable specifying PRF and TrueCryptMode for favorites.
  - Preliminary driver changes to support EFI hidden OS functionality.
  - Fix Streebog not recognized by /hash command line.
  - Add support for ReFS filesystem on Windows 10 when creating normal volumes
  - Fix high CPU usage when favorite configured to mount with VolumeID on arrival.
  - Use CHM file for User Guide instead of PDF.
  - Fix false warning in case of EFI system encryption about Windows not installed on boot drive.
  - Enhancements to driver handling of various disk IOCTL.
  - Enhancements to EFI bootloader. Add possibility to manually edit EFI configuration file.
  - Driver Security: Use enhanced protection of NX pool under Windows 8 and later.
  - Reduce performance impact of internal check for disconnected network drives.
  - Minor fixes.
- MacOSX:
  - OSX 10.7 or newer is required to run VeraCrypt.
  - Make VeraCrypt default handler of .hc & .tc files.
  - Add custom VeraCrypt icon to .hc and .tc files in Finder.
  - Check TrueCryptMode in password dialog when opening container file with .tc extension.
- Linux:
  - Check TrueCryptMode in password dialog when opening container file with .tc extension.
  - Fix executable stack in resulting binary which was caused by crypto assembly files missing the GNU-stack note.

1.19 (October 17th, 2016):

- All OSs:
  - Fix issues raised by Quarkslab audit.
    - Remove GOST89 encryption algorithm.
    - Make PBKDF2 and HMAC code clearer and easier to analyze.
    - Add test vectors for Kuznyechik.
    - Update documentation to warn about risks of using command line switch ”tokenpin”.
  - Use SSE2 optimized Serpent algorithm implementation from Botan project (2.5 times faster on 64-bit platforms).
- Windows:
  - Fix keyboard issues in EFI Boot Loader.
  - Fix crash on 32-bit machines when creating a volume that uses Streebog as PRF.
  - Fix false positive detection of Evil-Maid attacks in some cases (e.g. hidden OS creation)
  - Fix failure to access EFS data on VeraCrypt volumes under Windows 10.
  - Fix wrong password error in the process of copying hidden OS.
  - Fix issues raised by Quarkslab audit:
    - Fix leak of password length in MBR bootloader inherited from TrueCrypt.
    - EFI bootloader: Fix various leaks and erase keyboard buffer after password is typed.
    - Use libzip library for handling zip Rescue Disk file instead of vulnerable XUnzip library.
  - Support EFI system encryption for 32-bit Windows.
  - Perform shutdown instead of reboot during Pre-Test of EFI system encryption to detect incompatible motherboards.
  - Minor GUI and translations fixes.
- MacOSX:
  - Remove dependency to MacFUSE compatibility layer in OSXFuse.

1.18a (August 17th, 2016):

- All OSs:
  - Support Japanese encryption standard Camellia, including for Windows system encryption (MBR & EFI).
  - Support Russian encryption and hash standards Kuznyechik, Magma and Streebog, including for Windows EFI system encryption.
  - Fix TrueCrypt vulnerability allowing detection of hidden volumes presence (reported by Ivanov Aleksey Mikhailovich, alekc96 [at] mail dot ru)
    - To avoid hinting whether your volumes contain a hidden volume or not, or if you depend on plausible deniability when using hidden volumes/OS, then you must recreate both the outer and hidden volumes including system encryption and hidden OS, discarding existing volumes created prior to 1.18a version of VeraCrypt.
- Windows:
  - Support EFI Windows system encryption (limitations: no hidden os, no boot custom message)
  - Enhanced protection against dll hijacking attacks.
  - Fix boot issues on some machines by increasing required memory by 1 KiB
  - Add benchmarking of hash algorithms and PRF with PIM (including for pre-boot).
  - Move build system to Visual C++ 2010 for better stability.
  - Workaround for AES-NI support under Hyper-V on Windows Server 2008 R2.
  - Correctly remove driver file veracrypt.sys during uninstall on Windows 64-bit.
  - Implement passing smart card PIN as command line argument (/tokenpin) when explicitly mounting a volume.
  - When no drive letter specified, choose A: or B: only when no other free drive letter is available.
  - Reduce CPU usage caused by the option to disable use of disconnected network drives.
  - Add new volume ID mechanism to be used to identify disks/partitions instead of their device name.
  - Add option to avoid PIM prompt in pre-boot authentication by storing PIM value unencrypted in MBR.
  - Add option and command line switch to hide waiting dialog when performing operations.
  - Add checkbox in "VeraCrypt Format" wizard GUI to skip Rescue Disk verification during system encryption procedure.
  - Allow files drag-n-drop when VeraCrypt is running as elevated process.
  - Minor GUI and translations fixes.
- Linux:
  - Fix mount issue on Fedora 23.
  - Fix mount failure when compiling source code using gcc 5.x.
  - Adhere to XDG Desktop Specification by using XDG_CONFIG_HOME to determine location of configuration files.
- MacOSX:
  - Solve compatibility issue with newer versions of OSXFuse.

1.17 (February 13th, 2016):

- All OSs:
  - Support UNICODE passwords: all characters are now accepted in passwords (except Windows system encryption)
  - Cut mount/boot time by half thanks to a clever optimization of key derivation (found by Xavier de Carné de Carnavalet)
  - Optimize Whirlpool PRF speed by using assembly (25% speed gain compared to previous code).
  - Add support for creating exFAT volumes.
  - Add GUI indicator for the amount of randomness gathered using mouse movement.
  - Include new icons and graphics contributed by Andreas Becker (http://www.andreasbecker.de)
- Windows:
  - Fix dll hijacking issue affecting installer that allows code execution with elevation of privilege (CVE-2016-1281). Reported by Stefan Kanthak (http://home.arcor.de/skanthak/)
  - Sign binaries using both SHA-1 and SHA-256 to follow new Microsoft recommendations.
  - Solve issues under Comodo/Kaspersky when running an application from a VeraCrypt volume (Reported and fixed by Robert Geisler).
  - Bootloader: Protect password/PIM length by filling the fields to maximum length with '*' after ENTER
  - Solve issue with system favorites not being able to be mounted to drive A:
  - Solve lost focus issues for after displaying the waiting dialog
  - Solve rare issue where some partitions where asscoiated with wrong disk the "Select Device" dialog.
  - Implement PIM caching, for both system encryption and normal volumes. Add option to activate it.
  - Don't try mounting using cached passwords if password and/or keyfile are specified in the command line.
  - Internal rewrite to make VeraCrypt native UNICODE application.
  - Workaround to avoid false positive detection by some anti-virus software.
  - Hide disconnected network drives in the list of available drives. Add option to make them available for mounting.
  - Solve issue that caused in some cases configuration and history XML files to be updated even when not needed.
  - Fix leak of path of selected keyfiles in RAM.
  - Fix TB unit can't be deselected in VeraCryptExpander.
  - Add Alt+i keyboard shortcut for "Use PIM" checkbox in GUI.
  - Minor GUI and translations fixes.
- Linux/MacOSX:
  - Fix issue of --stdin option not handling correctly passwords that contain a space character (reported and fixed by Codeplex user horsley1953).
  - Fix issue creating volumes using command line with a filesystem other than FAT.
  - Support K/M/G/T suffixes for --size switch to indicate unit to use for size value.

1.16 (October 7th, 2015):

- Windows:
  - Modify patch for CVE-2015-7358 vulnerability to solve side effects on Windows while still making it very hard to abuse drive letter handling.
  - Fix failure to restore volume header from an external file in some configurations.
  - Add option to disable “Evil Maid” attack detection for those encountering false positive cases (e.g. FLEXnet/Adobe issue).
  - By default, don’t try to mount using empty password when default keyfile configured or keyfile specified in command line. Add option to restore the old behavior.
    - If mounting using empty password is needed, explicitly specify so in the command line using: /p ""

1.15 (September 26th, 2015):

- Windows:
  - Fix two TrueCrypt vulnerabilities reported by James Forshaw (Google Project
    Zero)
    - CVE-2015-7358 (critical): Local Elevation of Privilege on Windows by
      abusing drive letter handling.
    - CVE-2015-7359: Local Elevation of Privilege on Windows caused by
      incorrect Impersonation Token Handling.
  - Fix regression in mounting of favorite volumes at user logon.
  - Fix display of some Unicode languages (e.g. Chinese) in formatting wizard.
  - Set keyboard focus to PIM field when "Use PIM" is checked.
  - Allow Application key to open context menu on drive letters list
  - Support specifying volumes size in TB in the GUI (command line already supports this)

1.14 (September 16th, 2015):

- All OSs:
  - Mask and unmask PIM value in GUI and bootloader like the password.

- Windows:
  - Solve Rescue Disk damaged error when using cascade ciphers and SHA256 for system encryption.
  - Solve option "Cache password in drive memory" always disabled even if checked in preferences.
  - Solve UI language change not taken into account for new install unless a preference is changed.
  - Implement creating file containers using command line.
  - Driver: disable support of IOCTL_STORAGE_QUERY_PROPERTY by default and add option to enable it.
  - Driver: Support returning StorageDeviceProperty when queried through IOCTL_STORAGE_QUERY_PROPERTY.
  - Support setting volume label in Explorer through mount option or favorite label value.
  - Fix for Hot Keys assignment dialog issue where OEM-233 is always displayed and can't be changed.
  - Always copy both 32-bit and 64-bit executable binaries during install and in Traveler Disk Setup.
    - Traveler Disk will again use 32-bit exe by default while also offering 64-bit exe.
    - On Windows 64-bit, 32-bit exe files are now available(e.g. if needed to use 32-bit PKCS#11 dll)
  - Include Volume Expander in Traveler Disk Setup.
  - Don't offer creating a restore point if it is disabled in Windows.
  - Add possibility to verify a Rescue Disk ISO image file.
  - Minors fixes in the installer, GUI and driver.

- Linux:
  - Support supplying password using stdin in non interactive mode (contributed by LouisTakePILLz)
    - Example: `veracrypt -t ${IMAGE_PATH} ${MOUNT_PATH} --mount --non-interactive --stdin <<< "$PWD"`

1.13 (August 9th, 2015):

- Windows:
  - Solve TOR crashing when run from a VeraCrypt volume.

1.12 (August 5th, 2015):

- All OSs:
  - Implement "Dynamic Mode" by supporting a Personal Iterations Multiplier (PIM). See documentation for more information.

- Windows:
  - Detect Boot Loader tampering ("Evil Maid" attacks) for system encryption and propose recovery options.
  - Fix buffer overrun issue and other memory related bugs when parsing language XML files.
  - Fix wrongly reported bad sectors by chkdsk caused by a bug in IOCTL_DISK_VERIFY handling.
  - Fix privacy issue caused by configuration and history files being updated whenever VeraCrypt is used (reported by Liran Elharar)
  - Fix system favorites not always mounting after cold start.
  - Solve installer error when updating VeraCrypt on Windows 10.
  - Implement decryption of non-system partition/drive.
  - Include 64-bit exe files in the installer and deploy them on 64-bit machines for better performances.
  - Allow using drive letters A: and B: for mounting volumes
  - Make command line argument parsing more strict and robust (e.g. /lz rejected, must be /l z)
  - Add possibility to show system encryption password in Windows GUI and bootloader
  - Solve "Class Already exists" error that was happening for some users.
  - Solve some menu items and GUI fields not translatable
  - Make volumes correctly report Physical Sector size to Windows.
  - Correctly detect switch user/RDP disconnect operations for autounmount on session locked.
  - Add manual selection of partition when resuming in-place encryption.
  - Add command line option (/cache f) to temporarily cache password during favorites mounting.
  - Add waiting dialog for Auto-Mount Devices operations to avoid freezing GUI.
  - Add extra information to displayed error message in order to help analyze reported issues.
  - Disable menu entry for changing system encryption PRF since it's not yet implemented.
  - Fix failure to change password when UAC required (inherited from TrueCrypt)
  - Minor fixes and changes (see Git history for more details)

- Linux:
  - Solve installer issue under KDE when xterm not available
  - Fix warnings on about/LegalNotice dialogs when wxWidgets linked dynamically (N/A for official binary)
  - Support hash names with '-' in command line (sha-256, sha-512 and ripemd-160)
  - Remove "--current-hash" switch and add "--new-hash" to be more coherent with existing switches.
  - When only keyfile specified in command line, don't try to mount using empty password.
    - If mounting using empty password is needed, explicitly specify so using: -p ""

1.0f-2(April 5th, 2015):

- All OSs:
  - Mounting speed improvement, up to 20% quicker on 64-bit (contributed by Nils Maier)
  - Add option to set default hash/TrueCryptMode used for mounting volumes.
  - Use TrueCryptMode/Hash specified in command line in password dialog.
- Windows:
  - Solve CryptAcquireContext vulnerability reported by Open Crypto Audit Phase II.
  - Proper handling of random generator failures. Inform user in such cases.
  - TrueCrypt Mode related changes:
    - Support mounting TrueCrypt system partition (no conversion yet)
    - Support TrueCrypt volumes as System Favorites.
    - Correct displaying wrong TrueCrypt mode in volume properties when SHA-256 is used.
  - Solve PIN BLOCKED issue with smart cards in a special case.
  - Correctly handle file access errors when mounting containers.
  - Solve several issues reported by the Static Code Analysis too Coverity.
  - Bootloader: Add "Verifying Password..." message.
  - When UAC prompt fails (for example timeout), offer the user to retry the operation.
  - Uninstall link now open the standard "Add/Remove Programs" window.
  - On uninstall, remove all VeraCrypt references from registry and disk.
  - Included VeraCryptExpander in the Setup.
  - Add option to temporary cache password when mounting multiple favorites.
  - Minor fixes and enhancements (see git history for more information)
- MacOSX:
  - Solve issue volumes not auto-unmounting when quitting VeraCrypt.
  - Solve issue VeraCrypt window not reopening by clicking dock icon.
- Linux/MacOSX:
  - Solve preferences dialog not closing when clicking on the 'X' icon.
  - Solve read-only issue when mounting non-FAT volumes in some cases.
  - Support opening/exploring mounted volumes on desktops other than Gnome/KDE.
  - Solve various installer issues when running on less common configurations
  - Minor fixes (see git history for more information)

1.0f-1 (January 4th, 2015)

- All OSs:
  - Add support for old TrueCrypt 6.0.
  - Change naming of cascades algorithms in GUI for a better description.
- Linux/MacOSX:
  - Make cancel button of the preference dialog working.
  - Solve impossibility to enter a one digit size for the volume.
  - Add wait dialog to the benchmark calculation.
- Windows:
  - Add TrueCrypt mode to the mounted volume information.
  - For Windows XP, correct the installer graphical artefacts.

1.0f (December 30, 2014)

- All OSs:
  - Add support for mounting TrueCrypt volumes.
  - Add support for converting TrueCrypt containers and non-system partitions.
  - Add support for SHA-256 for volume encryption.
  - Make SHA-512 the default key derivation algorithm and change the order of preference of derivation algorithms : SHA-512 -> Whirlpool -> SHA-256 -> RIPEMD160
  - Deprecate RIPEMD160 for non-system encryption.
  - Speedup mount operation by enabling choice of correct hash algorithm.
  - Display a wait dialog during lengthy operations to avoid freezing the GUI.
  - Implement creation of multiple keyfiles at once, with predefined or random size.
  - Always display random gathering dialog before performing sensitive operations.
  - Links in the application now points to the online resources on Codeplex
  - First version of proper VeraCrypt User Guide
- MacOSX:
  - Implement support for hard drives with a large sector size (> 512).
  - Link against new wxWidgets version 3.0.2.
  - Solve truncated text in some Wizard windows.
- Linux:
  - Add support of NTFS formatting of volumes.
  - Correct issue on opening of the user guide PDF.
  - Better support for hard drives with a large sector size (> 512).
  - Link against new wxWidgets version 3.0.2.
- Windows:
  - Security: fix vulnerability in bootloader detected by Open Crypto Audit and make it more robust.
  - Add support for SHA-256 in system boot encryption.
  - Various optimizations in bootloader.
  - Complete fix of ShellExecute security issue.
  - Kernel driver: check that the password length received from bootloader is less or equal to 64.
  - Correct a random crash when clicking the link for more information on keyfiles
  - Implement option to auto-unmount when user session is locked
  - Add self-test vectors for SHA-256
  - Modern look-and-feel by enabling visual styles
  - few minor fixed.

1.0e (September 4, 2014)

- Improvements and bug fixes:
  - Correct most of the security vulnerabilities reported by the Open Crypto Audit Project.
  - Correct security issues detected by Static Code Analysis, mainly under Windows.
  - Correct issue of unresponsiveness when changing password/key file of a volume. Reduce overall time taken for creating encrypted volume/partition.
  - Minor improvements and bug fixes (look at git history for more details).

1.0d (June 3, 2014)

- Improvements and bug fixes:
  - Correct issue while creating hidden operating system.
  - Minor improvements and bug fixes.