Kali Linux Release History

We release fresh images of Kali Linux every few months as a result of accumulative fixes, major security updates, installer updates, etc.

Please see bugs.kali.org/changelog_page.php for the most up-to-date log of changes.

• Kali 2024.3 - 11th September, 2024 - The third 2024 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 6.8.0, Xfce 4.18.6.
• Kali 2024.2 - 5th June, 2024 - The second 2024 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 6.6.0, Xfce 4.18.4.
• Kali 2024.1 - 28th February, 2024 - The first 2024 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 6.6.0, Xfce 4.18.4.

• Kali 2023.4 - 5th December, 2023 - The fourth 2023 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 6.5.0, Xfce 4.18.4.
• Kali 2023.3 - 23rd August, 2023 - The third 2023 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 6.3.0, Xfce 4.18.4.
• Kali 2023.2a - 6th June, 2023 - Minor release, fixes UEFI issue in base-images, and fix sound in the Hyper-V images.
• Kali 2023.2 - 30th May, 2023 - The second 2023 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 6.1.0, Xfce 4.18.2.
• Kali 2023.1 - 13th March, 2023 - 10 Years! The first 2023 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 6.1.0, Xfce 4.18.1.

• Kali 2022.4 - 6th December, 2022 - The fourth 2022 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 6.0.0, Xfce 4.16.5.
• Kali 2022.3 - 9th August, 2022 - The third 2022 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 5.18.0, Xfce 4.16.4.
• Kali 2022.2 - 16th May, 2022 - The second 2022 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 5.16.0, Xfce 4.16.4.
• Kali 2022.1 - 14th February, 2022 - The first 2022 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 5.15.0, Xfce 4.16.3.

• Kali 2021.4a - 23rd December, 2021 - Minor release, fixes audio issues in base-images.
• Kali 2021.4 - 9th December, 2021 - The fourth 2021 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 5.14.0, Xfce 4.16.3.
• Kali 2021.3a - 21st October, 2021 - No fanfare release, fixes minor issues with base-images (missing firmware, size and bug with USB encrypted persistence).
• Kali 2021.3 - 14th September, 2021 - The third 2021 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 5.10.0, Xfce 4.16.3.
• Kali 2021.2 - 1st June, 2021 - The second 2021 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 5.10.0, Xfce 4.16.2.
• Kali 2021.1 - 24th February, 2021 - The first 2021 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 5.10.0, Xfce 4.16.1.

• Kali 2020.4 - 18th November, 2020 - The fourth 2020 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 5.9.0, Xfce 4.14.4.
• Kali 2020.3 - 18th August, 2020 - The third 2020 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 5.7.0, Xfce 4.14.4.
• Kali 2020.2 - 12th May, 2020 - The second 2020 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 5.5.0, Xfce 4.14.4.
• Kali 2020.1b - 18th March, 2020 - Minor bug fix release (Offline setup issue).
• Kali 2020.1a - 13th February, 2020 - Minor bug fix release (xserver-xorg issue).
• Kali 2020.1 - 28th January, 2020 - The first 2020 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 5.4.0, Xfce 4.14.2.

• Kali 2019.4 - 26th November, 2019 - The fourth 2019 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 5.3.9, Xfce 4.14.1.
• Kali 2019.3 - 2nd September, 2019 - The third 2019 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 5.2.9, GNOME 3.30.2.
• Kali 2019.2 - 21st May, 2019 - The second 2019 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 4.19.28, GNOME 3.30.2.
• Kali 2019.1a - 4th March, 2019 - Minor bug fix release (VMware Installer).
• Kali 2019.1 - 18th February, 2019 - The first 2019 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 4.19.13, GNOME 3.30.2.

• Kali 2018.4 - 29th October, 2018 - The fourth 2018 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 4.18.0, GNOME 3.30.1.
• Kali 2018.3 - 27th August, 2018 - The third 2018 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 4.17.0, GNOME 3.28.2.
• Kali 2018.2 - 30th April, 2018 - The second 2018 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 4.15.0, GNOME 3.28.0.
• Kali 2018.1 - 6th February, 2018 - The first 2018 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 4.14.12, GNOME 3.26.2.

• Kali 2017.3 - 21st November, 2017 - The third 2017 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 4.13, GNOME 3.26.
• Kali 2017.2 - 20th September, 2017 - The second 2017 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 4.12, GNOME 3.25.
• Kali 2017.1 - 25th April, 2017 - The first 2017 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 4.9, GNOME 3.22.

• Kali 2016.2 - 31st August, 2016 - The second 2016 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 4.6, GNOME 3.20.2.
• Kali 2016.1 - 21st January, 2016 - The first Kali Rolling release. Kernel 4.3, GNOME 3.18.

• Kali 2.0 - 11th August, 2015 - Major release, “safi”, now a rolling distribution, major UI changes.

• Kali 1.1.0a - 13th March, 2015 - No fanfare release, fixing kernel ABI inconsistencies in the installers.
• Kali 1.1.0 - 9th February, 2015 - First dot release in 2 years. New kernel, new tools and updates.
• Kali 1.0.9a - 6th October, 2014 - Security bug fix release covering shellshock and Debian apt vulnerabilities.
• Kali 1.0.9 - 25th August, 2014 - Bug fix release including installer and a set of tool updates and package fixes.
• Kali 1.0.8 - 22nd July, 2014 - EFI Support for our) and package fixes.
• Kali 1.0.7 - 27th May, 2014 - Kernel 3.14, tool updates, package fixes, Kali Live Encrypted USB Persistence.
• Kali 1.0.6 - 9th January, 2014 - Kernel 3.12, cryptsetup nuke option, Amazon AMI, ARM build scripts.
• Kali 1.0.5 - 5th September, 2013 - Bug fix rollup. LVM Encrypted installs, Software Defined Radio (SDR) tools.
• Kali 1.0.4 - 25th July, 2013 - Bug fix rollup. Penetration testing tool additions and updates.
• Kali 1.0.3 - 26th April, 2013 - Bug fix rollup. New accessibility features. Added live Desktop installer.
• Kali 1.0.2 - 27th March, 2013 - Minor Bug fix release and update roll-up.
• Kali 1.0.1 - 14th March, 2013 - Minor Bug fix release (USB Keyboard).
• Kali 1.0.0 - 13th March, 2013 - Initial release, “moto”.

• Legacy Operating Systems releases.