Subject: [ANNOUNCE] iptables 1.8.13 release

From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2026 02:34:13 +0100

Hi!

The Netfilter project proudly presents:

        iptables 1.8.13

This release contains the following fixes:

* Revert "libxtables: refuse to run under file capabilities",
  which breaks Docker.
* Fix compilation warning with strchr() and const.

Upgrade from iptables 1.8.12 is recommended.

See changelog for more details (attached to this email).

You can download this new release from:

  https://www.netfilter.org/projects/iptables/downloads.html
  https://www.netfilter.org/pub/iptables/

To build the code, libnftnl >= 1.2.6 is required:

  http://netfilter.org/projects/libnftnl/downloads.html

In case of bugs and feature requests, file them via:

  https://bugzilla.netfilter.org

Happy firewalling.