AWS rolesanywhere high security documentation change

Service: rolesanywhere · 2025-08-13 · Security-related high

File: rolesanywhere/latest/userguide/credential-helper.md

Summary

Updated credential helper download URLs/checksums to v1.7.1 and noted security vulnerability patches

Security assessment

Explicitly states security vulnerabilities were patched in the new version, indicating a direct security-related update.

Diff

diff --git a/rolesanywhere/latest/userguide/credential-helper.md b/rolesanywhere/latest/userguide/credential-helper.md
index ad2f1f43d..033419c50 100644
--- a//rolesanywhere/latest/userguide/credential-helper.md
+++ b//rolesanywhere/latest/userguide/credential-helper.md
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ Platform | Architecture | Download URL | SHA256 checksum
-Linux |  x86-64 |  [https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.7.0/X86_64/Linux/aws_signing_helper](https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.7.0/X86_64/Linux/aws_signing_helper) |  e932f029b73f97523c1dea2e78e9543d9e2753c387c4c46e77be8c1d9424db0f  
-Windows |  x86-64 |  [https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.7.0/X86_64/Windows/aws_signing_helper.exe](https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.7.0/X86_64/Windows/aws_signing_helper.exe) |  01b678ef0173dd6a9ea302c125f0ce4bfccf9ec153070f76eeb71b421d6615f5  
-Darwin |  x86-64 |  [https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.7.0/X86_64/Darwin/aws_signing_helper](https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.7.0/X86_64/Darwin/aws_signing_helper) |  7c9bcab806754572b0a980878a884ff2fcbd4482e2118dd1cb229b3a978c7eab  
-Linux |  Aarch64 |  [https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.7.0/Aarch64/Linux/aws_signing_helper](https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.7.0/Aarch64/Linux/aws_signing_helper) |  800fc208b74cdb64b8c7270c41aa0c9d2f9bf5bba498539513acb30f8eb8f164  
-Darwin |  Aarch64 |  [https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.7.0/Aarch64/Darwin/aws_signing_helper](https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.7.0/Aarch64/Darwin/aws_signing_helper) |  644ea2a4a396a2a653ae8fc10bab4eef30a6b8763aa9f2adcd6cfb96d610fd6b  
+Linux |  x86-64 |  [https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.7.1/X86_64/Linux/Amzn2023/aws_signing_helper](https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.7.1/X86_64/Linux/Amzn2023/aws_signing_helper) |  807f911124a7192bba23c6e8f37f6cb41e9defe4722fbeaf471e2c5951c6229c  
+Windows |  x86-64 |  [https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.7.1/X86_64/Windows/Server2019/aws_signing_helper.exe](https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.7.1/X86_64/Windows/Server2019/aws_signing_helper.exe) |  334eb953dc769f784bf0e970a2000460f745153d5c7857ef21c8328db18d95bb  
+Darwin |  x86-64 |  [https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.7.1/X86_64/MacOS/Ventura/aws_signing_helper](https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.7.1/X86_64/MacOS/Ventura/aws_signing_helper) |  ed96630ac925399fce840f9db7cde8018d80b5c98a4765a5726f91152b289706  
+Linux |  Aarch64 |  [https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.7.1/Aarch64/Linux/Amzn2023/aws_signing_helper](https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.7.1/Aarch64/Linux/Amzn2023/aws_signing_helper) |  5413ea1c86c1747254fc14450f44013ccec32901fb2b70f9105f5679dd6eaa5d  
+Darwin |  Aarch64 |  [https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.7.1/Aarch64/MacOS/Sonoma/aws_signing_helper](https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.7.1/Aarch64/MacOS/Sonoma/aws_signing_helper) |  365ffb5e69aa4ba6e793d3d1b6bf40a4caef76048588dda0ab20aad5291c778f  
@@ -669,0 +670,4 @@ To specify your Roles Anywhere enabled profile for use with JavaScript, see [Loa
+### CredentialHelper version 1.7.1
+
+On August 12, 2025, AWS IAM Roles Anywhere released Credential Helper version 1.7.1. As part of this release, some security vulnerabilities were patched. 
+