Okta Privileged Access release notes (Archive)

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Device Tools

The binaries for device tools are compatible with both Okta Privileged Access and Advanced Server Access.

Release summary

Release: 1.84.0

Deployment date: September 18, 2024

This release concludes changes to the internal build system.

Release summary

This release concludes changes to the internal build system.

Release: 1.83.5

Deployment date: September 10, 2024

Release summary

This release includes changes to the internal build system.

Release: 1.83.4

Deployment date: August 28, 2024

Release summary

The follow releases are now in production.

Client

The Okta Privileged Access client CLI failed to display the timeout message and exit if there was a timeout while waiting for the user to choose a user access method.

Release: 1.83.1

Deployment date: July 24, 2024

Release summary

Client

You can now manage secrets through the Okta Privileged Access client CLI.
Server agent Sometimes, when the Account Lifecycle option on the project was disabled, existing server sessions were removed.

Client

Server agent

 The sudo command bundle feature is now available in production. After the feature is enabled, users will have a new access method in the CLI to get sudo-level access.

Release: 1.82.0

Deployment date: June 20, 2024

Notification

FreeBSD is no longer supported in Okta Privileged Access.

Features and enhancements

Client Listing a secrets folder using CLI resulted in an error.
Gateway In some instances, the Okta Privileged Access gateway processes failed to function correctly and restarted when the target server timed out.

Release: 1.81.1

Deployment date: June 05, 2024

Features and enhancements

Client

  • MFA is now supported for secret and secret folder operations.

  • Users can now access accounts with checkout capabilities through their Okta Privileged Access dashboard or CLI.

  • When initiating an SSH session through the Connect button in a web browser, if an error occurs during resolution or credential retrieval, users are prompted with an error message in the terminal.

Release: 1.80.1

Deployment date: March 27, 2024

Announcements

Beginning in July 2024, Advanced Server Access will remove support for the following end-of-life operating systems:

  • Windows 2012

  • Windows 2012 R2

  • CentOS 7 and 8

Features and enhancements

  • Implemented security updates and enhancements.

  • OpenSSH on Windows has been updated to version 9.6p1.

  • Added support for Debian 12 (Bookworm) for Advanced Server Access server agent, client, URL Handler, and non-AD Joined user gateway.

Release: 1.79.2

Deployment date: February 28, 2024

Enhancements

Gateway RDP-enabled Gateway's RDP engine now supports legacy cryptographic algorithms (MD4, MD5, RC4) required for RDP licensing.
Client, Server agent, Gateway Amazon Linux 2023 in now supported in Okta Privileged Access client and server agent.

Fixes

Client

Shift and control keys didn't work correctly when using MacFreeRDP.

Release: 1.78.1

Deployment date: February 07, 2024

Enhancements

Client

Linux command-line tool (sft) now automatically encrypts tokens in state.json using D-Bus SecretService if detected.

Fixes

Server agent

Sometimes, users couldn't log in to non-vaulted accounts because of a deadlock in SSH sessions.

Release: 1.77.0

Deployment date: January 18, 2024

Notice

Client

  • Starting May 01, 2024, the Okta Privileged Access client will no longer support the following operating systems:

    • macOS 10

    • macOS 11
Client, Server Agent, Gateway

  • Starting May 01 2024, the Okta Privileged Access client, server agent, and gateway will no longer support FreeBSD operating system.

Enhancement

Client

  • Secrets stored in state.json on Windows are now encrypted by default using the Windows Data Protection Application Programming Interface (DPAPI) before being written to disk.

  • Secrets stored in state.json on macOS are now encrypted by default using the Keychain before being written to disk.

Release: 1.76.3

Deployment date: December 20, 2023

Fixes

Client Sometimes, when attempting to authenticate a client using the Connect button, the authentication token would expire, requiring re-enrollment. This issue was observed with regularly used clients.

Release: 1.76.2

Deployment date: December 06, 2023

Enhancements

Client The ScaleFT.exe file displayed an incorrect product version.

Release: 1.76.0

Deployment date: November 29, 2023

Enhancements

Client

When the macOS client updates the state.json file, it encrypts tokens with a key stored in the user's Keychain.

Platform

Release: 2024.08.0

Deployment date: August 06, 2024

Release summary

The sudo command bundle feature is now available in production. This feature enables admins to grant granular permissions to users without giving them full root access.

Release: 2024.07.2

Deployment date: July 23, 2024

Release summary

The sudo command bundle feature is now available in preview. This feature enables admins to grant granular permissions to users without giving them full root access.

Release: 2024.06.0

Deployment date: June 05, 2024

Features and enhancements

  • You can now enforce MFA in a security policy that Okta Privileged Access users must complete to access secrets. See Security policy.

  • You can now use checkout to restrict access to a privileged account to one user at a time for a specific duration. See Checkout.

Release: 2024.03.1

Deployment date: March 13, 2024

Enhancements

Platform The sft secrets describe and sft secrets describe-folder commands now display additional metadata information.

Release: 2024.02.0

Deployment date: February 07, 2024

Platform

You can now enable IP-session binding for web and client sessions within a team. If an IP change is detected, the client or web session is revoked.

Release: 2023.11.1

Deployment date: November 29, 2023

Announcements

Okta Privileged Access is now generally available.