Vault v1.8.4 Release Notes

  • 6 October 2021

    🔒 SECURITY:

    • 🔀 core/identity: A Vault user with write permission to an entity alias ID sharing a mount accessor with another user may acquire this other user’s policies by merging their identities. This vulnerability, CVE-2021-41802, was fixed in Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.7.5 and 1.8.4.

    👌 IMPROVEMENTS:

    • ⚡️ core: Update Oracle Cloud library to enable seal integration with the uk-gov-london-1 region [GH-12724]

    🐛 BUG FIXES:

    • core: Fix a deadlock on HA leadership transfer [GH-12691]
    • ⚡️ database/postgres: Update postgres library (github.com/lib/pq) to properly remove terminated TLS connections from the connection pool. [GH-12413]
    • pki: Fix regression preventing email addresses being used as a common name within certificates [GH-12716]
    • ⚡️ storage/postgres: Update postgres library (github.com/lib/pq) to properly remove terminated TLS connections from the connection pool. [GH-12413]
    • 0️⃣ ui: Fix bug where edit role form on auth method is invalid by default [GH-12646]