What’s New

This topic contains details about each Confluent Platform for Apache Flink® release.

July 2025

This release introduces new Apache Flink packages:

  • Flink 1.20.2-cp1

  • Flink 1.19.3-cp1

June 2025

This release introduces new Apache Flink packages based on the RHEL UBI 9 image:

  • Flink 1.20.1-cp3

  • Flink 1.19.2-cp3

  • Flink 1.18.1-cp4

April 2025

This release includes the following vulnerability fixes for Flink:

Flink 1.20.1-cp2

CVE

CVSS

Upgraded Package

CVE-2025-30065

10.0

org.apache.parquet:parquet*:1.15.1

Flink 1.19.2-cp2

CVE

CVSS

Upgraded Package

CVE-2025-30065

10.0

org.apache.parquet:parquet*:1.15.1

Flink 1.18.1-cp3

CVE

CVSS

Upgraded Package

CVE-2025-30065

10.0

org.apache.parquet:parquet*:1.15.1

March 2025

Confluent Platform 7.9 release adds support for OAuth authentication for CMF REST APIs.

Note

OAuth is available starting with Confluent Platform version 7.9, but only with REST APIs. It is NOT available with the Confluent CLI or the Confluent for Kubernetes operator.

The new Flink patch versions are now officially available.

Flink 1.20.1-cp1

Flink 1.19.2-cp1

February 2025 - 1.0.3

Confluent Manager for Apache Flink® version 1.0.3 is now available with Confluent Platform 7.8 as a regular maintenance release addressing a number of small issues and updating dependencies.

This release does not include new features.

Fixed issues

The following issues were fixed in this release.

  • Improved validation and error messages of FlinkApplication payloads on the REST API

  • Removed unneeded Netty 3.10.6 dependency with vulnerabilities

February 2025 - 1.0.2

Confluent Manager for Apache Flink® version 1.0.3 is now available with Confluent Platform 7.8 as a regular maintenance release addressing a number of small issues and updating dependencies.

This release does not include new features.

Fixed issues

The following issues were fixed in this release.

  • The Helm chart included a default imagePullSecretRef, which is not set anymore by default.

  • YAML payloads were not properly supported by Confluent Manager for Apache Flink®.

This release includes the following vulnerability fixes for Confluent Manager for Apache Flink®.

Confluent Manager for Apache Flink® 1.0.2

  • Updated Spring Boot to version 3.3.8.

CVE

CVSS

Upgraded Package

CVE-2024-52046

Upgraded org.apache.mina:mina-core.

December 2024

Confluent Platform 7.8 release introduces Confluent Manager for Apache Flink® version 1.0.1 and adds support for Confluent Platform for Apache Flink version 1.20. This release moves Confluent Platform for Apache Flink from limited availability to general availability.

Flink versions 1.18 and 1.19 continue to be supported.

This release also includes the following vulnerability fixes for Flink:

Flink 1.19.1-cp2

CVE

CVSS

Upgraded Package

CVE-2021-21409

5.9

org.wildfly.openssl==1.0.10.Final

CVE-2019-14887

9.1

org.apache.pekko:pekko-actor_2.12==1.1.2

Flink 1.18.1-cp2

CVE

CVSS

Upgraded Package

CVE-2021-21409

5.9

org.wildfly.openssl==1.0.10.Final

CVE-2019-14887

9.1

org.apache.pekko:pekko-actor_2.12==1.1.2

July 2024

Confluent Platform 7.7 release introduces Confluent Platform for Apache Flink in limited availability with support for Flink versions 1.18 and 1.19.