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cjsailer

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1/2/2026 4:08 PM

Hello, I just updated to version 10.1.2 on my DNN instance. I was hoping for the satification of not seeing that red critical flag on the persona bar anymore. However it looks like a new version of DNN was released on 12/31.

In the persona bar it's still flagged as critical. But in the release notes on GIT hub I do not see any mention of a security fix.

I realize details about security fixes are not released until 30 day afterwards, but I was still expecting to see some mention of it in the abstract.

Please confirm wheter or not 10.2.1 does infact have critical security updates. Maybe someone forgot to turn off that flag in the persona bar.

https://github.com/dnnsof...releases/tag/v10.2.1

Daniel Valadas

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1/3/2026 2:30 AM

10.2.0 has a fix for a critical issue and there was some common upgrade issues and we rushed a 10.2.1 patch to help those people upgrade sooner before disclosure. The PersonaBar is correct (always is), we show that indication there to help the good actors notice before the bad actors.

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