lynis

Lynis 3.1.6 (2025-10-22)

Added

• Add notice to screen output if end-of-life state is unclear
• Support for CachyOS, macOS Tahoe, and OpenMandriva Lx

Changed

• Releases are now considered to be old if they are 6 months or older
• Removed generic suggestion for outdated/old Lynis release, instead show to screen output
• Generic clarifications on variable usage for operating sys...

Lynis 3.1.5 (2025-07-29)

Added

• Support for OpenWrt
• Bitdefender detection on Linux
• Detection of openSUSE Tumbleweed-Slowroll

Changed

• Corrected detection of service manager SMF
• Extended GetHostID function to allow HostID and HostID2 creation on OpenWrt
• Check modules also under /usr/lib/modules.d

New Contributors

• @macie made their first contribution in htt...

Lynis 3.1.4 (2025-01-28)

Changed

• Update of translations: Portuguese
• Add macOS Sequoia
• Update of EOL database
• Bugfix for using slashes in parameters (SafeInput function)
• Simplified copyright line and meta data in files
• Support for powerpc64le in authentication section
• Don't show error "kadmin.local: unable to get default realm"

New Contributors

• @EduardoVascon...

Lynis 3.1.3 (2024-12-16)

This release introduces additional documentation in the form of blog articles to support the (missing) control information on the website.

Added

• Detection of Buildroot, Fedora Linux Asahi Remix, Garden Linux, Peppermint OS
• Support for blog posts and articles to enhance suggestions

Changed

• BOOT-5264 - Changed output of systemd-analyze test and...

Lynis 3.1.2 (2024-09-26)

Added

• Detection of ALT Linux
• Detection of Athena OS
• Detection of Container-Optimized OS from Google
• Detection of Koozali SME Server
• Detection of Nobara Linux
• Detection of Open Source Media Center (OSMC)
• Detection of PostmarketOS
• CRYP-7932 - macOS FileVault encryption test
• FILE-6398 - Check if JBD (Journal Block Device) driver is loaded...