Release Zulip Server 5.6.

docs/overview/changelog.md

@@ -7,6 +7,17 @@ up-to-date list of raw changes.
 
 ## Zulip 5.x series
 
+### 5.6 -- 2022-08-24
+
+- CVE-2022-36048: Change the Markdown renderer to only rewrite known
+  local links as relative links, rather than rewriting all local
+  links. This fix also protects against a vulnerability in the Zulip
+  mobile app (CVE-2022-35962).
+- Added hardening against timing attacks to an internal authentication check.
+- Improved documentation for hosting multiple organizations on a server.
+- Updated dependencies.
+- Updated translations.
+
 ### 5.5 -- 2022-07-21
 
 - CVE-2022-31168: Fix authorization check for changing bot roles. Due

version.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import os
 
-ZULIP_VERSION = "5.5+git"
+ZULIP_VERSION = "5.6"
 
 # Add information on number of commits and commit hash to version, if available
 zulip_git_version_file = os.path.join(
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ ZULIP_VERSION = lines.pop(0).strip()
 ZULIP_MERGE_BASE = lines.pop(0).strip()
 
 LATEST_MAJOR_VERSION = "5.0"
-LATEST_RELEASE_VERSION = "5.5"
+LATEST_RELEASE_VERSION = "5.6"
 LATEST_RELEASE_ANNOUNCEMENT = "https://blog.zulip.com/2022/03/29/zulip-5-0-released/"
 
 # Versions of the desktop app below DESKTOP_MINIMUM_VERSION will be