[ANN] Vault 1.6.6 Released

Hi folks,

The Vault team is happy to announce the release of Vault 1.6.6!

There is security content pertaining to the Vault UI in this release; see the SECURITY section of the Changelog at [3] for details.

Open-source binaries can be downloaded at [1]. Enterprise binaries are available to customers as well.

As a reminder, if you believe you have found a security issue in Vault, please responsibly disclose by emailing security@hashicorp.com and do not use the public issue tracker. Our security policy and our PGP key can be found at [2].

The key fixes and improvements in this release are:

  • Database Secrets Engine: We have fixed an issue that prevented external database plugin processes from restarting after a shutdown under certain scenarios.
  • Go Version: We have updated the go version from 1.15.11 to 1.15.15
  • Integrated Storage: We have fixed a bug that prevented restoring integrated storage snapshots on Windows

See the Changelog at [3] for the full list of improvements and bug fixes.

OSS [5] and Enterprise [6] Docker images will be available soon.


Upgrading

See [4] for general upgrade instructions.

As always, we recommend upgrading and testing this release in an isolated environment. If you experience any non-security issues, please report them on the Vault GitHub issue tracker or post to the Vault Discuss Forum at [7].

We hope you enjoy Vault 1.6.6!

Sincerely, The Vault Team

[1] Vault v1.6.6 Binaries | HashiCorp Releases
[2] Security at HashiCorp
[3] vault/CHANGELOG.md at master · hashicorp/vault · GitHub
[4] Upgrading Vault - Guides | Vault by HashiCorp
[5] Docker Hub
[6] Docker Hub
[7] Vault - HashiCorp Discuss