Official release of FlexNet Inventory Agent 27.0.0

We are pleased to announce the release of the FlexNet Inventory Agent 27.0.0.

Release Date: EU/AP: 2026-11-18, NA: 2026-11-25

This release includes:

• Security context settings for the KRM controller
• Fix for Linux operating system details not gathered by zero-touch inventory
• Fix for scheduler module not updating RetryPolicyCommand contents
• Fix for unnecessary KRM RBAC permissions
• Fix for Usage Agent core dump on Unix-like operating systems
• Fix for KRM scanning and discovery on OpenShift
• Fix for Linux agent upgrade termination
• Fix for KRM Helm chart deployment in OpenShift
• Fix for IBM DB2 detection with noexec on /var/tmp
• Fix for IBM LPARs reported as physical machines
• Updated qclib library for s390x architectures
• Bundled software version updated

Customer Impact:

• Previously, the Helm chart for the Flexera Kubernetes Inventory Agent (KRM) did not expose security context settings for the KRM controller. This made it difficult to deploy KRM in environments that require containers to run as non-root users. Now, the KRM Helm chart values.yaml file supports securityContext options for the controller, including runAsNonRoot, runAsUser, capabilities, and readOnlyRootFilesystem.
• Previously, zero-touch inventory on Linux devices would not gather operating system information. This release resolves this issue.
• Previously, the agent could fail when trying to update the machine schedule on devices that have been upgraded from an agent version older than 22.2.0. This release resolves this issue.
• Previously, KRM controller cluster roles for networking.k8s.io/ networkpolicies included unnecessary delete and patch permissions. This release resolves that issue.
• Previously, there was an issue where the Usage Agent could unexpectedly terminate on Unix-like operating systems while reading configuration settings. This release resolves this issue.
• The Flexera Kubernetes Inventory Agent (KRM) has been updated to support CRI-O container runtime scanning via configurable node image scan sockets, along with updated Security Context Constraints (SCC) and RBAC permissions for cluster discovery. This release also introduces projected pull secrets for registry authentication and an automatic registry scanner fallback when local CRI-O inspection is unavailable.
• Previously, the Linux agent would fail to start after an automated agent upgrade.This release resolves this issue.
• Previously, removing certain OpenShift extensions prevented the Kubernetes agent from deploying successfully in OpenShift environments. This release resolves this issue.
• Previously, when security policies enforced noexec on /var/tmp, the FlexNet Inventory Agent could not execute temporary discovery scripts, preventing IBM DB2 inventory collection. The agent now automatically falls back to the standard DB2 detection method if script execution is blocked on /var/tmp, ensuring uninterrupted inventory tracking without requiring manual environment reconfigurations.
• Previously, the agent reported IBM LPARs with MachineType set to Physical. This release resolves this issue by setting MachineType to Virtual.
• The FlexNet Inventory Agent now uses version 2.5.2 of the qclib library on s390x architectures, improving compatibility and maintenance for IBM Z systems.
• The OpenSSL, Expat, podman, containerd and Go third party libraries bundled with the agent have been updated in this release to address security vulnerabilities.

Product Documentation: Agent Documentation 

Please find more about the content of this release in the Release Notes.