Snow Inventory Agent for Linux 26
Here you can find the release notes for Snow Inventory Agent for Linux 26. You can find the old release notes on the Flexera Community.
You can find the release notes for Package Builder on Snow Atlas in the Snow Atlas section of this page.
26.1.1 latest
Release date: 2026-06-10
New
Cloud Instance Id
- The agent now adds the Cloud Instance Id as part of the main inventory in the snowpack.
It is now included under the<SystemIdentifier>tag inside the inv3x.xml file.
To view Cloud Instance Ids in Snow License Manager, version 25.1.0 or later is required.
Enhancements
Binary security enhancement
- The agent security has been enhanced by enabling additional binary hardening protections.
Command elevation improvements
- The agent has been enhanced to read sudo permissions with
(ALL : ALL)NOPASSWD. Previously, it was limited to (ALL) NOPASSWD and (root) NOPASSWD.
HTTP Headers
- The agent now set its HTTP headers to
content-type: "application/octet-stream".
This improvement fixes communication issues when Web Application Firewall (WAF) is in use.
Java_Home detection
- It is now possible to use environment variables in the
env.java_homesystem setting.
Environment variables written to the snowagent.config should follow the Windows format %variable%, independent of the operating system the agent will be running on.
Performance improvements for Oracle scanners
- CPU usage and scan times have been reduced when collecting Oracle inventory data, helping minimize impact during full filesystem scans (for example,
C:*or/*).
Third-party library updates
- The following third-party libraries used by the agent have been updated for increased security:
| Library | New version |
|---|---|
| curl | 8.20.0 |
| libxml2 | 2.15.3 |
| zlib | 1.3.2 |
| nemtrif/utfcpp | 4.1.0 |
| openssl | 3.6.2 |
| repo | 4.0.0 |
| cryptopp | v2026-03-02 |
| sqlite3 | 3.53.1 |
Corrections
- Corrected an issue where the agent would discard entries in the include criteria if the name of the folder contained the name of another folder entry.
Example: In a situation where the agent is supposed to scan C:\temp and C:\temp2, the agent would discard C:\temp2, as its name was partially contained in the previous C:\temp entry.
Deprecated
Removal of 32 bit installer
- From this release onwards, no 32 bit versions of the agent will be provided.
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