The iText 7.1.17 release is a maintenance release with a security bug fix for a vulnerability that allowed the use of GhostScript in an unpredictable manner.
At the same time, we are also releasing iText 7.2.0, the next major version of iText. In addition to this bug fix, 7.2.0 contains a great deal of other improvements.
Bugs
- Security bugfix for vulnerability in GhostScript