Koha-clms/misc/release_notes/release_notes_24_05_03.md

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RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 24.05.03

12 Aug 2024

Koha is the first free and open source software library automation package (ILS). Development is sponsored by libraries of varying types and sizes, volunteers, and support companies from around the world. The website for the Koha project is:

Koha 24.05.03 can be downloaded from:

Installation instructions can be found at:

  • Koha Wiki
  • OR in the INSTALL files that come in the tarball

Koha 24.05.03 is a bugfix/maintenance release.

It includes 2 enhancements, 6 bugfixes.

System requirements

You can learn about the system components (like OS and database) needed for running Koha on the community wiki.

Security bugs

  • 37323 Remote-Code-Execution (RCE) in picture-upload.pl

  • 37370 opac-export.pl can be used even if exporting disabled

  • 37464 Remote Code Execution in barcode function leads to reverse shell

  • 37466 Reflected Cross Site Scripting

  • 37488 Filepaths not validated in ZIP upload to picture-upload.pl

  • 37508 SQL reports should not show patron password hash if queried

    Sponsored by Reserve Bank of New Zealand

Bugfixes

Acquisitions

Critical bugs fixed

  • 37533 Invalid query when receiving an order

Fines and fees

Critical bugs fixed

  • 37255 Creating default waiting hold cancellation policy for all patron categories and itemtypes breaks Koha

    Sponsored by Koha-Suomi Oy

Documentation

The Koha manual is maintained in Sphinx. The home page for Koha documentation is

The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at

Translations

Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff interface are available in this release for the following languages:

  • Arabic (ar_ARAB) (98%)
  • Armenian (hy_ARMN) (100%)
  • Bulgarian (bg_CYRL) (100%)
  • Chinese (Traditional) (90%)
  • Czech (69%)
  • Dutch (76%)
  • English (100%)
  • English (New Zealand) (63%)
  • English (USA)
  • Finnish (100%)
  • French (99%)
  • French (Canada) (96%)
  • German (99%)
  • German (Switzerland) (51%)
  • Greek (57%)
  • Hindi (99%)
  • Italian (83%)
  • Norwegian Bokmål (76%)
  • Persian (fa_ARAB) (94%)
  • Polish (98%)
  • Portuguese (Brazil) (95%)
  • Portuguese (Portugal) (88%)
  • Russian (91%)
  • Slovak (60%)
  • Spanish (99%)
  • Swedish (87%)
  • Telugu (69%)
  • Turkish (80%)
  • Ukrainian (72%)
  • hyw_ARMN (generated) (hyw_ARMN) (64%)

Partial translations are available for various other languages.

The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see

For information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate list to volunteer:

The most up-to-date translations can be found at:

Release Team

The release team for Koha 24.05.03 is

  • Release Manager:

Credits

We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who are known to have sponsored new features in Koha 24.05.03

We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 24.05.03

  • Aleisha Amohia (3)
  • Tomás Cohen Arazi (2)
  • Nick Clemens (1)
  • David Cook (5)
  • Chris Cormack (1)
  • Amit Gupta (1)
  • Andreas Jonsson (1)
  • Marcel de Rooy (2)
  • Emmi Takkinen (1)

We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed patches to Koha 24.05.03

We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches for Koha

  • Aleisha Amohia (3)
  • Pedro Amorim (1)
  • Tomás Cohen Arazi (21)
  • Nick Clemens (5)
  • David Cook (6)
  • Chris Cormack (2)
  • Victor Grousset (2)
  • Amit Gupta (1)
  • Marcel de Rooy (6)

We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertently missed, please send a patch against these release notes to koha-devel@lists.koha-community.org.

Revision control notes

The Koha project uses Git for version control. The current development version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the main branch of:

The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release line is 24.05.x.

Bugs and feature requests

Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug tracker at:

He rau ringa e oti ai. (Many hands finish the work)

Autogenerated release notes updated last on 12 Aug 2024 18:20:31.