Koha 23.11.08 released

The Koha community is proud to announce the release of version 23.11.08.
This is a security release and contains many bugfixes and enhancements.

As always you can download the release from:
https://download.koha-community.org

Please continue reading for the details this release.

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 Community

Koha 23.11.08 can be downloaded from:

• Download

Installation instructions can be found at:

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

Koha 23.11.08 is a bugfix/maintenance release.

It includes 2 enhancements, 2 bugfixes, and 6 security fixes.

System requirements

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

Security bugs

• 37370 opac-export.pl can be used even if exporting disabled
• 37508 SQL reports should not show patron password hash if queried
• 37466 Reflected Cross Site Scripting
• 37464 Remote Code Execution in barcode function leads to reverse shell
• 37488 Filepaths not validated in ZIP upload to picture-upload.pl
• 37323 Remote-Code-Execution (RCE) in picture-upload.pl

Bugfixes

Acquisitions

Critical bugs fixed

• 37533 Invalid query when receiving an order

Other bugs fixed

• 36187 Cannot set suggestedby when adding/editing a suggestion from the staff interface

Acquisitions

Enhancements

• 10758 Show bibliographic information of deleted records in acquisition baskets
  

  This makes the title of a deleted bibliographic record visible in the basket summary page. Please note that this will only work on records, where the biblionumber of the deleted record has been stored. – A feature that was introduced with Koha 23.05.

REST API

Enhancements

• 36480 Add GET /libraries/:library_id/desks
  

  This enhancement adds an API endpoint for requesting a list of desks for a library. For example: http://127.0.0.1:8080/api/v1/libraries/cpl/desks

Documentation

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

• Koha Documentation
  As of the date of these release notes, the Koha manual is available in the following languages:
• Chinese (Traditional) (75%)
• English (100%)
• English (USA)
• French (47%)
• German (37%)
• Greek (48%)
• Hindi (76%)

The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at

• Koha Git Repository

Translations

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

Partial translations are available for various other languages.

The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see

• Koha Translation Info

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

• Koha Translate List

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

• Koha Translation

Release Team

The release team for Koha 23.11.08 is

• Release Manager: Katrin Fischer
• Release Manager assistants:
  • Tomás Cohen Arazi
  • Martin Renvoize
  • Jonathan Druart
• QA Manager: Martin Renvoize
• QA Team:
  • Marcel de Rooy
  • Kyle M Hall
  • Emily Lamancusa
  • Nick Clemens
  • Lucas Gass
  • Tomás Cohen Arazi
  • Julian Maurice
  • Victor Grousset
  • Aleisha Amohia
  • David Cook
  • Laura Escamilla
  • Jonathan Druart
  • Pedro Amorim
  • Matt Blenkinsop
  • Thomas Klausner
• Topic Experts:
  • UI Design — Owen Leonard
  • Zebra — Fridolin Somers
  • ERM — Matt Blenkinsop
  • ILL — Pedro Amorim
  • SIP2 — Matthias Meusburger
  • CAS — Matthias Meusburger
• Bug Wranglers:
  • Aleisha Amohia
  • Jacob O’Mara
• Packaging Managers:
  • Mason James
  • Tomás Cohen Arazi
• Documentation Manager: Philip Orr
• Documentation Team:
  • Aude Charillon
  • Caroline Cyr La Rose
  • Lucy Vaux-Harvey
  • Emmanuel Bétemps
  • Marie-Luce Laflamme
  • Kelly McElligott
  • Rasa Šatinskienė
  • Heather Hernandez
• Wiki curators:
  • Thomas Dukleth
  • George Williams
• Release Maintainers:
  • 24.05 — Lucas Gass
  • 23.11 — Fridolin Somers
  • 23.05 — Wainui Witika-Park
  • 22.11 — Fridolin Somers

Credits

We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who are known to have sponsored
new features in Koha 23.11.08

We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 23.11.08

We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed
patches to Koha 23.11.08

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

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:

• Koha Git Repository

The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release
line is (HEAD detached at security-23.11.x-security).

Bugs and feature requests

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

• Koha Bugzilla

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

Autogenerated release notes updated last on 13 Aug 2024 14:55:09.