migration-guides: add release notes for 4.0.26

diff --git a/documentation/migration-guides/release-4.0.rst b/documentation/migration-guides/release-4.0.rst
index e4e619d17..7c13a33d7 100644
--- a/documentation/migration-guides/release-4.0.rst
+++ b/documentation/migration-guides/release-4.0.rst
@@ -32,3 +32,4 @@  Release 4.0 (kirkstone)
    release-notes-4.0.23
    release-notes-4.0.24
    release-notes-4.0.25
+   release-notes-4.0.26
diff --git a/documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-4.0.26.rst b/documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-4.0.26.rst
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+Release notes for Yocto-4.0.26 (Kirkstone)
+------------------------------------------
+
+Security Fixes in Yocto-4.0.26
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+
+-  bind: Fix :cve_nist:`2024-11187` and :cve_nist:`2024-12705`
+-  binutils: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-0840`
+-  elfutils: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-1352` and :cve_nist:`2025-1372`
+-  ffmpeg: Fix CVE-2024-28661, :cve_nist:`2024-35369`, :cve_nist:`2024-36613`, :cve_nist:`2024-36616`,
+   :cve_nist:`2024-36617`, :cve_nist:`2024-36618`, :cve_nist:`2025-0518` and :cve_nist:`2025-25473`
+-  ffmpeg: Ignore :cve_nist:`2023-46407`, :cve_nist:`2023-47470`, :cve_nist:`2024-7272`,
+   :cve_nist:`2024-22860`, :cve_nist:`2024-22861` and :cve_nist:`2024-22862`
+-  freetype: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-27363`
+-  gnutls: Fix :cve_nist:`2024-12243`
+-  grub: Fix :cve_nist:`2024-45774`, :cve_nist:`2024-45775`, :cve_nist:`2024-45776`,
+   :cve_nist:`2024-45777`, :cve_nist:`2024-45778`, :cve_nist:`2024-45779`, :cve_nist:`2024-45780`,
+   :cve_nist:`2024-45781`, :cve_nist:`2024-45782`, :cve_nist:`2024-45783`, :cve_nist:`2024-56737`,
+   :cve_nist:`2025-0622`, :cve_nist:`2025-0624`, :cve_nist:`2025-0677`, :cve_nist:`2025-0684`,
+   :cve_nist:`2025-0685`, :cve_nist:`2025-0686`, :cve_nist:`2025-0689`, :cve_nist:`2025-0678`,
+   :cve_nist:`2025-0690`, :cve_nist:`2025-1118` and :cve_nist:`2025-1125`
+-  gstreamer1.0-rtsp-server: fix :cve_nist:`2024-44331`
+-  libarchive: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-25724`
+-  libarchive: Ignore :cve_nist:`2025-1632`
+-  libcap: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-1390`
+-  linux-yocto/5.10: Fix :cve_nist:`2024-36476`, :cve_nist:`2024-43098`, :cve_nist:`2024-47143`,
+   :cve_nist:`2024-48881`, :cve_nist:`2024-50051`, :cve_nist:`2024-50074`, :cve_nist:`2024-50082`,
+   :cve_nist:`2024-50083`, :cve_nist:`2024-50099`, :cve_nist:`2024-50115`, :cve_nist:`2024-50116`,
+   :cve_nist:`2024-50117`, :cve_nist:`2024-50142`, :cve_nist:`2024-50148`, :cve_nist:`2024-50150`,
+   :cve_nist:`2024-50151`, :cve_nist:`2024-50167`, :cve_nist:`2024-50168`, :cve_nist:`2024-50171`,
+   :cve_nist:`2024-50185`, :cve_nist:`2024-50192`, :cve_nist:`2024-50193`, :cve_nist:`2024-50194`,
+   :cve_nist:`2024-50195`, :cve_nist:`2024-50198`, :cve_nist:`2024-50201`, :cve_nist:`2024-50202`,
+   :cve_nist:`2024-50205`, :cve_nist:`2024-50208`, :cve_nist:`2024-50209`, :cve_nist:`2024-50229`,
+   :cve_nist:`2024-50230`, :cve_nist:`2024-50233`, :cve_nist:`2024-50234`, :cve_nist:`2024-50236`,
+   :cve_nist:`2024-50237`, :cve_nist:`2024-50251`, :cve_nist:`2024-50262`, :cve_nist:`2024-50264`,
+   :cve_nist:`2024-50265`, :cve_nist:`2024-50267`, :cve_nist:`2024-50268`, :cve_nist:`2024-50269`,
+   :cve_nist:`2024-50273`, :cve_nist:`2024-50278`, :cve_nist:`2024-50279`, :cve_nist:`2024-50282`,
+   :cve_nist:`2024-50287`, :cve_nist:`2024-50292`, :cve_nist:`2024-50296`, :cve_nist:`2024-50299`,
+   :cve_nist:`2024-50301`, :cve_nist:`2024-50302`, :cve_nist:`2024-53042`, :cve_nist:`2024-53052`,
+   :cve_nist:`2024-53057`, :cve_nist:`2024-53059`, :cve_nist:`2024-53060`, :cve_nist:`2024-53061`,
+   :cve_nist:`2024-53063`, :cve_nist:`2024-53066`, :cve_nist:`2024-53096`, :cve_nist:`2024-53097`,
+   :cve_nist:`2024-53101`, :cve_nist:`2024-53103`, :cve_nist:`2024-53104`, :cve_nist:`2024-53145`,
+   :cve_nist:`2024-53146`, :cve_nist:`2024-53150`, :cve_nist:`2024-53155`, :cve_nist:`2024-53156`,
+   :cve_nist:`2024-53157`, :cve_nist:`2024-53161`, :cve_nist:`2024-53165`, :cve_nist:`2024-53171`,
+   :cve_nist:`2024-53173`, :cve_nist:`2024-53174`, :cve_nist:`2024-53194`, :cve_nist:`2024-53197`,
+   :cve_nist:`2024-53217`, :cve_nist:`2024-53226`, :cve_nist:`2024-53227`, :cve_nist:`2024-53237`,
+   :cve_nist:`2024-53239`, :cve_nist:`2024-55916`, :cve_nist:`2024-56548`, :cve_nist:`2024-56558`,
+   :cve_nist:`2024-56567`, :cve_nist:`2024-56568`, :cve_nist:`2024-56569`, :cve_nist:`2024-56572`,
+   :cve_nist:`2024-56574`, :cve_nist:`2024-56581`, :cve_nist:`2024-56587`, :cve_nist:`2024-56593`,
+   :cve_nist:`2024-56595`, :cve_nist:`2024-56596`, :cve_nist:`2024-56598`, :cve_nist:`2024-56600`,
+   :cve_nist:`2024-56601`, :cve_nist:`2024-56602`, :cve_nist:`2024-56603`, :cve_nist:`2024-56605`,
+   :cve_nist:`2024-56606`, :cve_nist:`2024-56615`, :cve_nist:`2024-56619`, :cve_nist:`2024-56623`,
+   :cve_nist:`2024-56629`, :cve_nist:`2024-56634`, :cve_nist:`2024-56642`, :cve_nist:`2024-56643`,
+   :cve_nist:`2024-56648`, :cve_nist:`2024-56650`, :cve_nist:`2024-56659`, :cve_nist:`2024-56662`,
+   :cve_nist:`2024-56670`, :cve_nist:`2024-56688`, :cve_nist:`2024-56698`, :cve_nist:`2024-56704`,
+   :cve_nist:`2024-56716`, :cve_nist:`2024-56720`, :cve_nist:`2024-56723`, :cve_nist:`2024-56724`,
+   :cve_nist:`2024-56728`, :cve_nist:`2024-56739`, :cve_nist:`2024-56746`, :cve_nist:`2024-56747`,
+   :cve_nist:`2024-56748`, :cve_nist:`2024-56754`, :cve_nist:`2024-56756`, :cve_nist:`2024-56770`,
+   :cve_nist:`2024-56779`, :cve_nist:`2024-56780`, :cve_nist:`2024-56781`, :cve_nist:`2024-56785`,
+   :cve_nist:`2024-57802`, :cve_nist:`2024-57807`, :cve_nist:`2024-57850`, :cve_nist:`2024-57874`,
+   :cve_nist:`2024-57890`, :cve_nist:`2024-57896`, :cve_nist:`2024-57900`, :cve_nist:`2024-57901`,
+   :cve_nist:`2024-57902`, :cve_nist:`2024-57910`, :cve_nist:`2024-57911`, :cve_nist:`2024-57913`,
+   :cve_nist:`2024-57922`, :cve_nist:`2024-57938`, :cve_nist:`2024-57939`, :cve_nist:`2024-57946`,
+   :cve_nist:`2024-57951`, :cve_nist:`2025-21638`, :cve_nist:`2025-21687`, :cve_nist:`2025-21689`,
+   :cve_nist:`2025-21692`, :cve_nist:`2025-21694`, :cve_nist:`2025-21697` and :cve_nist:`2025-21699`
+-  linux-yocto/5.15: Fix :cve_nist:`2024-57979`, :cve_nist:`2024-58034`, :cve_nist:`2024-58052`,
+   :cve_nist:`2024-58055`, :cve_nist:`2024-58058`, :cve_nist:`2024-58063`, :cve_nist:`2024-58069`,
+   :cve_nist:`2024-58071`, :cve_nist:`2024-58076`, :cve_nist:`2024-58083`, :cve_nist:`2025-21700`,
+   :cve_nist:`2025-21703`, :cve_nist:`2025-21715`, :cve_nist:`2025-21722`, :cve_nist:`2025-21727`,
+   :cve_nist:`2025-21731`, :cve_nist:`2025-21753`, :cve_nist:`2025-21756`, :cve_nist:`2025-21760`,
+   :cve_nist:`2025-21761`, :cve_nist:`2025-21762`, :cve_nist:`2025-21763`, :cve_nist:`2025-21764`,
+   :cve_nist:`2025-21796`, :cve_nist:`2025-21811`, :cve_nist:`2025-21887`, :cve_nist:`2025-21898`,
+   :cve_nist:`2025-21904`, :cve_nist:`2025-21905`, :cve_nist:`2025-21912`, :cve_nist:`2025-21917`,
+   :cve_nist:`2025-21919`, :cve_nist:`2025-21920`, :cve_nist:`2025-21922`, :cve_nist:`2025-21934`,
+   :cve_nist:`2025-21943`, :cve_nist:`2025-21948` and :cve_nist:`2025-21951`
+-  libpcre2: Ignore :cve_nist:`2022-1586`
+-  libtasn1: Fix :cve_nist:`2024-12133`
+-  libxml2: Fix :cve_nist:`2022-49043`, :cve_nist:`2024-56171`, :cve_nist:`2025-24928` and
+   :cve_nist:`2025-27113`
+-  libxslt: Fix :cve_nist:`2024-55549` and :cve_nist:`2025-24855`
+-  llvm: Fix :cve_nist:`2024-0151`
+-  mpg123: Fix :cve_nist:`2024-10573`
+-  openssh: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-26465`
+-  ovmf: Revert Fix for CVE-2023-45236 :cve_nist:`2023-45237`
+-  perl: Ignore :cve_nist:`2023-47038`
+-  puzzles: Ignore :cve_nist:`2024-13769`, :cve_nist:`2024-13770` and :cve_nist:`2025-0837`
+-  python3: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-0938`
+-  ruby: Fix :cve_nist:`2024-41946`, :cve_nist:`2025-27219` and :cve_nist:`2025-27220`
+-  subversion: Ignore :cve_nist:`2024-45720`
+-  systemd: Fix :cve_nist:`2022-3821`, :cve_nist:`2022-4415`, :cve_nist:`2022-45873` and
+   :cve_nist:`2023-7008`
+-  tiff: mark :cve_nist:`2023-30774` as patched with existing patch
+-  u-boot: Fix :cve_nist:`2022-2347`, :cve_nist:`2022-30767`, :cve_nist:`2022-30790`,
+   :cve_nist:`2024-57254`, :cve_nist:`2024-57255`, :cve_nist:`2024-57256`, :cve_nist:`2024-57257`,
+   :cve_nist:`2024-57258` and :cve_nist:`2024-57259`
+-  vim: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-1215`, :cve_nist:`2025-22134`, :cve_nist:`2025-24014`,
+   :cve_nist:`2025-26603`, :cve_nist:`2025-27423` and :cve_nist:`2025-29768`
+-  xserver-xorg: Fix :cve_nist:`2022-49737`, :cve_nist:`2025-26594`, :cve_nist:`2025-26595`,
+   :cve_nist:`2025-26596`, :cve_nist:`2025-26597`, :cve_nist:`2025-26598`, :cve_nist:`2025-26599`,
+   :cve_nist:`2025-26600` and :cve_nist:`2025-26601`
+-  xwayland: Fix :cve_nist:`2022-49737`, :cve_nist:`2024-9632`, :cve_nist:`2024-21885`,
+   :cve_nist:`2024-21886`, :cve_nist:`2024-31080`, :cve_nist:`2024-31081`, :cve_nist:`2024-31083`,
+   :cve_nist:`2025-26594`, :cve_nist:`2025-26595`, :cve_nist:`2025-26596`, :cve_nist:`2025-26597`,
+   :cve_nist:`2025-26598`, :cve_nist:`2025-26599`, :cve_nist:`2025-26600` and :cve_nist:`2025-26601`
+-  zlib: Fix :cve_nist:`2014-9485`
+
+
+
+Fixes in Yocto-4.0.26
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+-  bind: Upgrade to 9.18.33
+-  bitbake: cache: bump cache version
+-  bitbake: siggen.py: Improve taskhash reproducibility
+-  boost: fix do_fetch error
+-  build-appliance-image: Update to kirkstone head revision
+-  contributor-guide/submit-changes: add policy on AI generated code
+-  cve-update-nvd2-native: handle missing vulnStatus
+-  docs: Add favicon for the documentation html
+-  docs: Remove all mention of core-image-lsb
+-  libtasn1: upgrade to 4.20.0
+-  libxcrypt-compat: Remove libcrypt.so to fix conflict with libcrypt
+-  libxml2: fix compilation of explicit child axis in pattern
+-  linux-yocto/5.10: update to v5.10.234
+-  linux-yocto/5.15: update to v5.15.179
+-  mesa: Fix missing GLES3 headers in SDK sysroot
+-  mesa: Update :term:`SRC_URI`
+-  meta: Enable '-o pipefail' for the SDK installer
+-  migration-guides: add release notes for 4.0.25
+-  poky.conf: add ubuntu2404 to :term:`SANITY_TESTED_DISTROS`
+-  poky.conf: bump version for 4.0.26
+-  procps: replaced one use of fputs(3) with a write(2) call
+-  ref-manual: don't refer to poky-lsb
+-  scripts/install-buildtools: Update to 4.0.24
+-  scritps/runqemu: Ensure we only have two serial ports
+-  systemd: upgrade to 250.14
+-  tzcode-native: Fix compiler setting from 2023d version
+-  tzcode: Update :term:`SRC_URI`
+-  tzdata/tzcode-native: upgrade 2025a
+-  vim: Upgrade to 9.1.1198
+-  virglrenderer: fix do_fetch error
+-  vulnerabilities/classes: remove references to cve-check text format
+-  xz: Update :term:`SRC_URI`
+-  yocto-uninative: Update to 4.7 for glibc 2.41
+
+
+Known Issues in Yocto-4.0.26
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- N/A
+
+
+Contributors to Yocto-4.0.26
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Thanks to the following people who contributed to this release:
+
+-  Aleksandar Nikolic
+-  Alessio Cascone
+-  Antonin Godard
+-  Archana Polampalli
+-  Ashish Sharma
+-  Bruce Ashfield
+-  Carlos Dominguez
+-  Deepesh Varatharajan
+-  Divya Chellam
+-  Guocai He
+-  Hitendra Prajapati
+-  Hongxu Jia
+-  Jiaying Song
+-  Johannes Kauffmann
+-  Kai Kang
+-  Lee Chee Yang
+-  Libo Chen
+-  Marta Rybczynska
+-  Michael Halstead
+-  Mingli Yu
+-  Moritz Haase
+-  Narpat Mali
+-  Paulo Neves
+-  Peter Marko
+-  Priyal Doshi
+-  Richard Purdie
+-  Robert Yang
+-  Ross Burton
+-  Sakib Sajal
+-  Steve Sakoman
+-  Vijay Anusuri
+-  Yogita Urade
+-  Zhang Peng
+
+
+Repositories / Downloads for Yocto-4.0.26
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+poky
+
+-  Repository Location: :yocto_git:`/poky`
+-  Branch: :yocto_git:`kirkstone </poky/log/?h=kirkstone>`
+-  Tag:  :yocto_git:`yocto-4.0.26 </poky/log/?h=yocto-4.0.26>`
+-  Git Revision: :yocto_git:`d70d287a77d5026b698ac237ab865b2dafd36bb8 </poky/commit/?id=d70d287a77d5026b698ac237ab865b2dafd36bb8>`
+-  Release Artefact: poky-d70d287a77d5026b698ac237ab865b2dafd36bb8
+-  sha: 3ebfadb8bff4c1ca12b3cf3e4ef6e3ac2ce52b73570266daa98436c9959249f2
+-  Download Locations:
+   https://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/yocto/yocto-4.0.26/poky-d70d287a77d5026b698ac237ab865b2dafd36bb8.tar.bz2
+   https://mirrors.kernel.org/yocto/yocto/yocto-4.0.26/poky-d70d287a77d5026b698ac237ab865b2dafd36bb8.tar.bz2
+
+openembedded-core
+
+-  Repository Location: :oe_git:`/openembedded-core`
+-  Branch: :oe_git:`kirkstone </openembedded-core/log/?h=kirkstone>`
+-  Tag:  :oe_git:`yocto-4.0.26 </openembedded-core/log/?h=yocto-4.0.26>`
+-  Git Revision: :oe_git:`1efbe1004bc82e7c14c1e8bd4ce644f5015c3346 </openembedded-core/commit/?id=1efbe1004bc82e7c14c1e8bd4ce644f5015c3346>`
+-  Release Artefact: oecore-1efbe1004bc82e7c14c1e8bd4ce644f5015c3346
+-  sha: d3805e034dabd0865dbf55488b2c16d4ea0351d37aa826f0054a6bfdde5a8be9
+-  Download Locations:
+   https://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/yocto/yocto-4.0.26/oecore-1efbe1004bc82e7c14c1e8bd4ce644f5015c3346.tar.bz2
+   https://mirrors.kernel.org/yocto/yocto/yocto-4.0.26/oecore-1efbe1004bc82e7c14c1e8bd4ce644f5015c3346.tar.bz2
+
+meta-mingw
+
+-  Repository Location: :yocto_git:`/meta-mingw`
+-  Branch: :yocto_git:`kirkstone </meta-mingw/log/?h=kirkstone>`
+-  Tag:  :yocto_git:`yocto-4.0.26 </meta-mingw/log/?h=yocto-4.0.26>`
+-  Git Revision: :yocto_git:`87c22abb1f11be430caf4372e6b833dc7d77564e </meta-mingw/commit/?id=87c22abb1f11be430caf4372e6b833dc7d77564e>`
+-  Release Artefact: meta-mingw-87c22abb1f11be430caf4372e6b833dc7d77564e
+-  sha: f0bc4873e2e0319fb9d6d6ab9b98eb3f89664d4339a167d2db6a787dd12bc1a8
+-  Download Locations:
+   https://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/yocto/yocto-4.0.26/meta-mingw-87c22abb1f11be430caf4372e6b833dc7d77564e.tar.bz2
+   https://mirrors.kernel.org/yocto/yocto/yocto-4.0.26/meta-mingw-87c22abb1f11be430caf4372e6b833dc7d77564e.tar.bz2
+
+meta-gplv2
+
+-  Repository Location: :yocto_git:`/meta-gplv2`
+-  Branch: :yocto_git:`kirkstone </meta-gplv2/log/?h=kirkstone>`
+-  Tag:  :yocto_git:`yocto-4.0.26 </meta-gplv2/log/?h=yocto-4.0.26>`
+-  Git Revision: :yocto_git:`d2f8b5cdb285b72a4ed93450f6703ca27aa42e8a </meta-gplv2/commit/?id=d2f8b5cdb285b72a4ed93450f6703ca27aa42e8a>`
+-  Release Artefact: meta-gplv2-d2f8b5cdb285b72a4ed93450f6703ca27aa42e8a
+-  sha: c386f59f8a672747dc3d0be1d4234b6039273d0e57933eb87caa20f56b9cca6d
+-  Download Locations:
+   https://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/yocto/yocto-4.0.26/meta-gplv2-d2f8b5cdb285b72a4ed93450f6703ca27aa42e8a.tar.bz2
+   https://mirrors.kernel.org/yocto/yocto/yocto-4.0.26/meta-gplv2-d2f8b5cdb285b72a4ed93450f6703ca27aa42e8a.tar.bz2
+
+bitbake
+
+-  Repository Location: :oe_git:`/bitbake`
+-  Branch: :oe_git:`2.0 </bitbake/log/?h=2.0>`
+-  Tag:  :oe_git:`yocto-4.0.26 </bitbake/log/?h=yocto-4.0.26>`
+-  Git Revision: :oe_git:`046871d9fd76efdca7b72718b328d8f545523f7e </bitbake/commit/?id=046871d9fd76efdca7b72718b328d8f545523f7e>`
+-  Release Artefact: bitbake-046871d9fd76efdca7b72718b328d8f545523f7e
+-  sha: e9df0a9f5921b583b539188d66b23f120e1751000e7822e76c3391d5c76ee21a
+-  Download Locations:
+   https://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/yocto/yocto-4.0.26/bitbake-046871d9fd76efdca7b72718b328d8f545523f7e.tar.bz2
+   https://mirrors.kernel.org/yocto/yocto/yocto-4.0.26/bitbake-046871d9fd76efdca7b72718b328d8f545523f7e.tar.bz2
+
+yocto-docs
+
+-  Repository Location: :yocto_git:`/yocto-docs`
+-  Branch: :yocto_git:`kirkstone </yocto-docs/log/?h=kirkstone>`
+-  Tag: :yocto_git:`yocto-4.0.26 </yocto-docs/log/?h=yocto-4.0.26>`
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