v><p>This release fixes the security vulnerability described in <a href=/v1.25/news/security/istio-security-2020-010/>our September 29 post</a>.</p><div class="relnote-actions call-to-action"><a class=entry href=/v1.25/news/releases/1.7.x/announcing-1.7/upgrade-notes/><h5>BEFORE YOU UPGRADE</h5><p>Things to know and prepare before upgrading.</p></a><a class="update-notice entry" data-title='Update Notice' data-downloadhref=https://github.com/istio/istio/releases/tag/1.7.3 data-downloadbuttontext="DOWNLOAD 1