# openHAB 2.5.x Patch Releases **URL:** \ **Category:** Announcements\ **Created:** [January 12, 2020, 8:01pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/openhab-2-5-x-patch-releases/90248 "2020-01-12T20:01:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 58
**Author:** ![Kai](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/kai/32/116281_2.png) [@Kai](https://community.openhab.org/u/Kai)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 7:34am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/openhab-2-5-x-patch-releases/90248/58 "2020-02-20T07:34:20Z")
All, we have just published the patch release 2.5.2 - see [its release page](https://github.com/openhab/openhab-distro/releases/tag/2.5.2) for details! In constrast to the original plan stated above, there is again a distro 2.5.2 available, although the distro itself is more or less identical to version 2.5.1 since all changes only concern the add-ons. This also means that the 2.5.2 patches are directly available to any 2.5.1 distro installation as well without doing a distro update. If you install new add-ons - or you delete the cache and have add-ons reinstalled - the distro will pick the latest patch version of the add-on. **IMPORTANT NOTICE TO USERS OF THE EXEC BINDING:** Due to [this security advisory](https://github.com/openhab/openhab-addons/security/advisories/GHSA-w698-693g-23hv), the exec binding requires to have a whitelist of allowed commands to execute. Note that when updating the exec binding to version 2.5.2, it will stop functioning until you provide such a whitelist. Please see the [binding documentation](https://github.com/openhab/openhab-addons/blob/2.5.x/bundles/org.openhab.binding.exec/README.md#binding-configuration) for details and also check [this post](https://community.openhab.org/t/security-limitations-in-2-5-2-exec-binding/93191/72) for a detailed how to. --- _[View the full topic](https://community.openhab.org/t/openhab-2-5-x-patch-releases/90248)._