OPNsense 26.7.6 – safe to update?
0 problem reports and 0 positive reports found on Reddit (plus 1 other mention). Out for 9 days and we haven't found any problem reports. Quiet isn't proof — but most bad releases get noticed within a week.
Newer release in this line: OPNsense 26.7.7 (2026-10-13). If you're updating now, check that one instead — it may already fix the issues reported here.
Security update: this release fixes security issues. Waiting carries its own risk — if your device is exposed, weigh that against the reports below.
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What's in this release
This update finally brings interface settings to MVC/API! It also brings a number of fixes and improvements from FreeBSD stable/15 including a fix for previous Hyper-V boot issues and hopefully also fixes ice driver DDP issues with newer firmware versions. For the interface settings MVC/API there a few things to keep…
Source: GitHub releases (opnsense/core)
CVEs fixed
No CVEs mapped to this release, though the vendor flags it as a security update.
Community reports
- Mention
OPNsense 26.7.6 released · Reddit · 2026-10-08
26.7.6_3: interfaces: PPP type validation fixes for new assignments firewall: fix off by one in addAction() in alias diagnostics mvc: UidField: revert "allow an arbitrarily specified UID for system scope users upon creation" 26.7.6: system: use correct type for IP when killing a…
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Other OPNsense versions
- 26.7.7 2026-10-13
- 26.7.6 2026-10-08
- 26.7.5 2026-09-30
- 26.7.4 2026-09-15
- 26.7.3 2026-08-27
- 26.7.2 2026-08-12
- 26.7.1 2026-07-21
- 26.7 2026-07-15
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