Cloud Agent for Windows Release 6.5

Limited Customer Release

April 10, 2026

Scan WSL Instances with Windows Cloud Agent

Cloud Agent is enhanced to support scanning Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) instances installed on Windows assets. This enables Cloud Agent to collect inventory and monitor WSL instances. It provides visibility into installed packages, WSL status, user information, and Cloud Agent status. 

 This feature has limited availability. Contact your Technical Account Manager or Qualys Support to activate it.

To activate this feature, select the Enable Windows Subsystem Linux (WSL) Detection checkbox on the Basic Details tab of the Configuration Profile in the Cloud Agent user interface.

- Restart the WSL service or reboot the system for WSL detection to take effect.
- Disable Cloud Agent Self Protection to enable WSL detection.

Required Application Version

Cloud Agent Application 2.7.0

To learn more about this feature, refer to Cloud Agent for WSL2 Detection.

Behavior Change

There is no behavior change for this release. 

Platform Coverage Support

No new platform coverage added in this release.

Issues Addressed

There are no notable or important issues for this release.

Known Issues, Limitations, and Workarounds

There are no known issues for this release.