This is pretty important, and the vulnerability has been out for a week now but has just been released for Studio. (Upstream IntelliJ had it patched) Everyone using Studio should update ASAP.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Android Studio Developer Support < noreply-developer-androidstu...@google.com> Date: Mon, May 16, 2016 at 1:05 PM Subject: Android Studio Security Alert: Update to Android Studio 2.1.1 To: bows...@gmail.com Dear Android Studio Developer, As an app developer on Google Play, we wanted to make you aware of an important security update for Android Studio. On May 11th, we released the Android Studio 2.1.1 update <http://www.google.com/appserve/mkt/p/Zf2lU6v-SxoLNpzuQiIxkCydexB8mGrQWG9sTpTGOBAg1I9wQVyVkk5aKF9ZrNcd04DfxKxANH3XR0-C>. This incremental update addresses a security vulnerability in the underlying IntelliJ platform that affects all previous versions of Android Studio. The vulnerability concerns the IDE itself and has no effect on individual apps. *Please update to Android Studio 2.1.1 as soon as possible*. More information about the vulnerability can be found in this G+ posting <https://www.google.com/appserve/mkt/p/9UNhCk9DD-SZG2hEgRz9_g4kC1GOHeMqrppLOvQFhYVfa59fOhtL86Ji0A0Z0beSn19V7aeffh-ciADjHW59FljA9zMHg38d39EYIBoNwbw=>. JetBrains has also released more details <http://www.google.com/appserve/mkt/p/J7cunygXTIf2s7iK-mkf6MgXtc1o4daPsa1IXEknq5P-UPepHXPlOdxFVAMxSrFQR0QjX9LXQGJ_xj2mHGkwUhqytGVQfm_feDcjxlmPdhLaQl1IlshkUTcp01jgEMQ=> on the vulnerability. To address this security vulnerability, simply go into Android Studio and check updates. For OS X users, navigate to the *Android Studio* Menu and click *Check for Updates*. For Windows or Linux users, navigate to the *Help* menu and click *Check for Updates*. You should be running at least Android Studio 2.1.1. The update message was sent as a in-product notification to all users of Android Studio. If you want a new install, you can download v2.1.1 from the Android Studio website <http://www.google.com/appserve/mkt/p/Zf2lU6v-SxoLNpzuQiIxkCydexB8mGrQWG9sTpTGOBAg1I9wQVyVkk5aKF9ZrNcd04DfxKxANH3XR0-C> . If you’re still using v1.5.x and not able to switch to v2.x immediately, please download Android Studio v1.5.2 from the Android Studio tools website <http://www.google.com/appserve/mkt/p/ZajcjOlG33jpFjdSZHf9LSKPCKzHszL4ASaYSuqL9fVkbhEGNb7ilwsFPtnutSyISoTM8yq1xuBgjH2GJLD2ltNvrIh2gQ==> . Regards, The Android Studio Team ©2016 Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 Email preferences: You have received this mandatory email service announcement to update you about important changes to your Google Play account.
