First Published: September 8, 2023

Introduction

This document describes the Release Notes, and Known Issues in Cisco Secure Malware Analytics (formerly Threat Grid) Appliance Version 2.19.0

User Documentation

The following Secure Malware Analytics (formerly Threat Grid) appliance user documentation is available:

Secure Malware Analytics Appliance User Documentation

Appliance user documentation is available on the Secure Malware Analytics appliance Install and Upgrade Guides page on the Cisco website.


Note

Newer documentation is being made available from the Secure Malware Analytics appliance Products and Support page.

Backup FAQ

Please see the Backup Notes and FAQ for technical information and instructions.

Clustering Overview and FAQ

Please see the Clustering Overview and FAQ for additional information.

Installing Updates

Before you can update the Secure Malware Analytics (formerly Threat Grid) appliance with newer versions, you must have completed the initial setup and configuration steps as described in the Appliance Setup and Configuration Guide, which are available on the Secure Malware Analytics Appliance Install and Upgrade Guides page on the Cisco website.

New Appliances: If you have a new Appliance that shipped with an older version and wish to install updates, you must complete the initial configuration first. Do Not apply the updates until all Appliance configuration is done.

Appliance updates will not download unless the license is installed, and may not apply correctly if the Appliance has not been fully configured, including the database.

Secure Malware Analytics Appliance updates are applied through the Admin UI Portal.

Updates are one-directional: you cannot revert to a previous version after you upgrade to a more recent version.

To test the update, submit a sample for analysis.

Fixes and Updates

Version 2.19.0

This release updates the core application software and includes a variety of other fixes and enhancements.

  • The core application software has been updated to match cloud version 3.5.129.

  • Fixes minor issues that could lead to spurious error messages during the boot and configuration process.

  • Fixes an issue where downloading of support snapshots fails if it takes longer than a minute.

  • Ping via the clean and dirty interface is now allowed in tgsh.

  • Kibana (used in the admin portal's dashboard) has been replaced with Grafana.

  • Security and bug fixes

Known Issues

  • Firmware updates may sometimes fail to apply during the update process itself. Should this happen, these updates will be retried during the reboot process following any successful reconfiguration run.