Download VeraCrypt 1.22

Recently version 1.22 of VeraCrypt has been released. The update includes speed improvements. VeraCrypt is a fork of TrueCrypt, which was discontinued years ago. This open source encryption program can encrypt entire hard drives or partitions and virtual volumes, such as a file accessed as a partition. VeraCrypt uses the original source code of TrueCrypt, but includes several security improvements.

Veracrypt 1.22

All OSs:

• SIMD speed optimization for Kuznyechik cipher implementation (up to 2x speedup).
• Add 5 new cascades of cipher algorithms: Camellia-Kuznyechik, Camellia-Serpent, Kuznyechik-AES, Kuznyechik-Serpent-Camellia and Kuznyechik-Twofish.

Windows:

• MBR Bootloader: Fix failure to boot hidden OS on some machines.
• MBR Bootloader: Reduce CPU usage during password prompt.
• Security enhancement: Add option to block TRIM command for system encryption on SSD drives.
• Implement TRIM support for non-system SSD drives and add option to enable it (TRIM is disabled by default for non-system volumes).
• Better fix for "Parameter Incorrect" issues during EFI system encryption in some machines.
• Driver: remove unnecessary dependency to wcsstr which can cause issues on some machines.
• Driver: Fix "Incorrect Parameter" error when mounting volumes on some machines.
• Fix failure to mount system favorites during boot on some machines.
• Fix current application losing focus when VeraCrypt is run in command line with /quit /silent switches.
• Fix some cases of external applications freezing during mount/dismount.
• Fix rare cases of secure desktop for password dialog not visible which caused UI to block.
• Update libzip to version 1.5.0 that include fixes for some security issues.
• Extend Secure Desktop feature to smart card PIN entry dialog.
• Fix truncated license text in installer wizard.
• Add portable package that allows extracting binaries without asking for admin privileges.
• Simplify format of language XML files.
• Workaround for cases where password dialog doesn't get keyboard focus if Secure Desktop is not enabled.

Linux:

• Fix failure to install GUI version under recent versions of KDE.
• Fix wxWidgets assertion failed when backing up/restoring volume header.

Mac OS X:

• Fix issue preventing some local help files from opening in the browser.

VeraCrypt 1.21

All OSs:

• Fix 1.20 regression crash when running on CPU not supporting extended features.

Windows:

• Fix 1.20 regression that caused PIM value stored in favorites to be ignored during mount.
• Fix 1.20 regression that causes system favorites not to mount in some cases.
• Fix some cases of “Parameter Incorrect” error during EFI system encryption wizard.
• Install PDF documents related to EFI system encryption configuration for advanced users:
  • disk_encryption_v1_2.pdf related to EFI hidden OS and full fisk encryption
  • dcs_tpm_owner_02.pdf related to TPM configuration for EFI system encryption.

FreeBSD:

• Add support for building on FreeBSD.

VeraCrypt 1.20

All OSs:

• Use 64-bit optimized assembly implementation of Twofish and Camellia by Jussi Kivilinna.
  • Camellia 2.5 faster when AES-NI supported by CPU. 30% faster without it.
• Use optimized implementation for SHA-512/SHA256.
  • 33% speedup on 64-bit systems.
• Deploy local HTML documentation instead of User Guide PDF.
• Change links in UI from ones on Codeplex to ones hosted at veracrypt.fr
• Security: build binaries with support for Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR).

Windows:

• Several fixes and modifications for EFI System Encryption:
  • Fix bug in EFI system decryption using EFI Rescue Disk
    • Add support for TPM 1.2 and TPM 2.0 (experimental) through DCS low level configuration.
    • Add Support for EFI full disk encryption and hidden OS using manual procedure (not exposed in UI).
• Enable using Secure Desktop for password entry. Add preferences option and command line switch (/secureDesktop) to activate it.
• Use default mount parameters when mounting multiple favorites with password caching.
• Enable specifying PRF and TrueCryptMode for favorites.
• Preliminary driver changes to support EFI hidden OS functionality.
• Fix Streebog not recognized by /hash command line.
• Add support for ReFS filesystem on Windows 10 when creating normal volumes
• Fix high CPU usage when favorite configured to mount with VolumeID on arrival.
• Use CHM file for User Guide instead of PDF.
• Fix false warning in case of EFI system encryption about Windows not installed on boot drive.
• Enhancements to driver handling of various disk IOCTL.
• Enhancements to EFI boot loader. Add possibility to manually edit EFI configuration file.
• Driver Security: Use enhanced protection of NX pool under Windows 8 and later.
• Reduce performance impact of internal check for disconnected network drives.
• Minor fixes.

Mac OS X:

• OSX 10.7 or newer is required to run VeraCrypt.
• Make VeraCrypt default handler of .hc & .tc files.
• Add custom VeraCrypt icon to .hc and .tc files in Finder.
• Check TrueCryptMode in password dialog when opening container file with .tc extension.

Linux:

• Check TrueCryptMode in password dialog when opening container file with .tc extension.
• Fix executable stack in resulting binary which was caused by crypto assembly files missing the GNU-stack note.