From ee31f5be55295c7be777ddf8bc5c807a39aa545d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Liam Thompson <32779855+leemthompo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2024 19:40:23 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [DOCS] Add note to 8.17.0 release notes (#118598)

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 docs/reference/release-notes/8.17.0.asciidoc | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/reference/release-notes/8.17.0.asciidoc b/docs/reference/release-notes/8.17.0.asciidoc
index 9ddfd69c4343d..2c888d78d4c6b 100644
--- a/docs/reference/release-notes/8.17.0.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/release-notes/8.17.0.asciidoc
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 [[release-notes-8.17.0]]
 == {es} version 8.17.0
 
+[IMPORTANT]
+====
+The 8.17.0 release contains a fix for a potential security vulnerability. See our https://discuss.elastic.co/c/announcements/security-announcements/31[security advisory] for more details.
+====
+
 Also see <<breaking-changes-8.17,Breaking changes in 8.17>>.
 
 [[license-8.17.0]]