The 2.18 series release notes contain important changes in this release series.

Security Fixes

• MEDIUM: Updated nginx to 1.16.1 and addressed CVE-2019-20372. (updated 2020-07-22)
• Packages have been updated to the latest security versions.

Bug Fixes

• Certain log files did not rotate every 7 days.
• Rapid reuse of webhook source ports resulted in rejected connections.

Upcoming deprecation of GitHub Enterprise Server 2.18

GitHub Enterprise Server 2.18 will be deprecated as of August 20, 2020 That means that no patch releases will be made, even for critical security issues, after this date. For better performance, improved security, and new features, upgrade to the newest version of GitHub Enterprise Server as soon as possible.

Known Issues

• On a freshly set up GitHub Enterprise Server without any users, an attacker could create the first admin user.
• Custom firewall rules are not maintained during an upgrade.
• Subversion (SVN) checkout may timeout while the repository data cache is being built. In most cases, subsequent Subversion checkout attempts will succeed.
• Git LFS tracked files uploaded through the web interface are incorrectly added directly to the repository.
• Issues cannot be closed if they contain a permalink to a blob in the same repository where the file path is longer than 255 characters.
• When "Users can search GitHub.com" is enabled with GitHub Connect, issues in private and internal repositories are not included in GitHub.com search results.
• Security alerts are not reported when pushing to a repository on the command line.

Thanks!

The GitHub Team