AWS rolesanywhere high security documentation change

Service: rolesanywhere · 2025-11-25 · Security-related high

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

Summary

Updated Credential Helper version from 1.7.1 to 1.7.2 with new download URLs/SHA256 checksums and added release notes mentioning security vulnerability patches

Security assessment

Explicitly states security vulnerabilities were patched in version 1.7.2. Changing checksums and version numbers indicates a security update to address vulnerabilities in previous versions.

Diff

diff --git a/rolesanywhere/latest/userguide/credential-helper.md b/rolesanywhere/latest/userguide/credential-helper.md
index 59a2ceb74..f26830251 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/1.7.1/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  
+Linux |  x86-64 |  [https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.7.2/X86_64/Linux/Amzn2023/aws_signing_helper](https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.7.2/X86_64/Linux/Amzn2023/aws_signing_helper) |  39d406c703e07a3943831a3164474770a15c40243d8ffed0a2fcdf8eccf84274  
+Windows |  x86-64 |  [https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.7.2/X86_64/Windows/Server2019/aws_signing_helper.exe](https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.7.2/X86_64/Windows/Server2019/aws_signing_helper.exe) |  56d340cd58e7ce50e407838688e64f90533a9f42ae445d955252f2f28ff1e9a2  
+Darwin |  x86-64 |  [https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.7.2/X86_64/MacOS/Ventura/aws_signing_helper](https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.7.2/X86_64/MacOS/Ventura/aws_signing_helper) |  106baf58e5eeb7c4d84b0472c2d3c0cd6dc89e47ebed467789d3297a1790a913  
+Linux |  Aarch64 |  [https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.7.2/Aarch64/Linux/Amzn2023/aws_signing_helper](https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.7.2/Aarch64/Linux/Amzn2023/aws_signing_helper) |  75e998e9a6b63f579421c2f8dd6fb38a9d69c987a4399ab6ce1da60684f759ee  
+Darwin |  Aarch64 |  [https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.7.2/Aarch64/MacOS/Sonoma/aws_signing_helper](https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.7.2/Aarch64/MacOS/Sonoma/aws_signing_helper) |  3708c4ac1418c6485dee04ba718a0d5318c9e841fdb32005ae36dd1e01e483f0  
@@ -677,0 +678,4 @@ To specify your Roles Anywhere enabled profile for use with JavaScript, see [Loa
+### CredentialHelper version 1.7.2
+
+On November 24, 2025, AWS IAM Roles Anywhere released Credential Helper version 1.7.2. As a part of this release, some security vulnerabilities were patched and some error messages were improved.
+