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# July 2024

This section describes the new features and updates of the Cortex XDR 3.11 and Cortex XDR Agent 8.5 releases.

## July 22, 2024 - XDR Collectors

Windows 1.4.2.1373 and Linux 1.4.2.1302

For more information on maintenance releases, see [Maintenance Releases](/cortex-xdr-3.x-rn/cortex-xdr-release-information/maintenance-releases.md)

| FEATURE                                           | DESCRIPTION                                                                                                                                                                              |
| ------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| XDR Collectors bypasses hosts file in a DNS query | To avoid unauthorized host redirection using the changes in the Windows hosts file (`C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts`), XDR Collectors now bypasses the hosts file in a DNS query. |

## July 21, 2024 - Broker VM

Version 24.5.1 (reboot required)

For more information on maintenance releases, see [Maintenance Releases](/cortex-xdr-3.x-rn/cortex-xdr-release-information/maintenance-releases.md)

| Feature          | DESCRIPTION                                                                                                                                                      |
| ---------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Broker VM 24.5.1 | To ensure Cortex XDR is updated with the latest security updates, the latest Broker VM 24.5.1 release includes security updates for a number of vulnerabilities. |

## July 14, 2024 - Broker VM

Version 24.4.7 (reboot required)

For more information on maintenance releases, see [Maintenance Releases](/cortex-xdr-3.x-rn/cortex-xdr-release-information/maintenance-releases.md)

| Feature          | DESCRIPTION                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Broker VM 24.4.7 | <p>This release includes the following improvements and bug fixes:</p><ul><li>Cortex XDR has improved the Database Collector query parallelism capabilities.</li><li>Cortex XDR has fixed the data duplication issue with the Database Collector when the Unique IDs option was configured in the Database Query settings.</li></ul> |


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