# etcd v3.6.15

> Kubernetes Core · 2026-09-22

A maintenance release fixes an `etcdctl` output defect and updates the Go toolchain and dependencies. It also includes fixes for CVE-2026-56852 and GHSA-w67g-5rqw-f597, with no stated operator configuration changes.

## Action needed
- **[security · high]** `golang.org/x/text` update for CVE-2026-56852
  - `golang.org/x/text` is updated to `v0.39.0` to address CVE-2026-56852.
- **[security · medium]** `github.com/gorilla/websocket` update for GHSA-w67g-5rqw-f597
  - `github.com/gorilla/websocket` is updated to `v1.5.3` to address GHSA-w67g-5rqw-f597.

## Other recorded changes
- 2 (value_changed 1, defect_corrected 1)

[Full analysis](https://ratatosk.io/en/releases/etcd/v3.6.15)

[Original release notes](https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/releases/tag/v3.6.15)