AWS rolesanywhere high security documentation change

Service: rolesanywhere · 2026-04-10 · Security-related high

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

Summary

Updated download URLs and SHA256 checksums for Credential Helper version 1.8.1 across all platforms, and added release notes indicating security vulnerability patches.

Security assessment

The change explicitly states 'some security vulnerabilities were patched' in version 1.8.1. This is concrete evidence of addressing security vulnerabilities. The update of checksums and URLs to a new version with security patches directly relates to security fixes.

Diff

diff --git a/rolesanywhere/latest/userguide/credential-helper.md b/rolesanywhere/latest/userguide/credential-helper.md
index fc6fabdaf..9d608bdde 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/1.8.0/X86_64/Linux/Amzn2023/aws_signing_helper](https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.8.0/X86_64/Linux/Amzn2023/aws_signing_helper) |  4ec587c4b2a7a4b2980f0fb084c3fabd99a862ce1091341ba514ae3c0923b905  
-Windows |  x86-64 |  [https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.8.0/X86_64/Windows/Server2022/aws_signing_helper.exe](https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.8.0/X86_64/Windows/Server2022/aws_signing_helper.exe) |  0ca06826638b1d3e8046b583c4b4c2a9f56be738eb6edbdc44d8771a3cc2366b  
-Darwin |  x86-64 |  [https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.8.0/X86_64/MacOS/Sonoma/aws_signing_helper](https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.8.0/X86_64/MacOS/Sonoma/aws_signing_helper) |  514d021df32b39c78d565fbf04d9a7ed9693926824bbf3d4fa8b8f3ad6b52f13  
-Linux |  Aarch64 |  [https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.8.0/Aarch64/Linux/Amzn2023/aws_signing_helper](https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.8.0/Aarch64/Linux/Amzn2023/aws_signing_helper) |  eb1c70b8ef8b02326cd0f177572285d605361920ff22ae0876bb4172e936f968  
-Darwin |  Aarch64 |  [https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.8.0/Aarch64/MacOS/Sonoma/aws_signing_helper](https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.8.0/Aarch64/MacOS/Sonoma/aws_signing_helper) |  a13d8b6be18b2031b3b900e4349ecb8d301276b190988a1b599e1d70d8067ab0  
+Linux |  x86-64 |  [https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.8.1/X86_64/Linux/Amzn2023/aws_signing_helper](https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.8.1/X86_64/Linux/Amzn2023/aws_signing_helper) |  89f8574965fe3c38b9803af981e95db74996d6cc1f31d53e1eb7ec33d06be70f  
+Windows |  x86-64 |  [https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.8.1/X86_64/Windows/Server2022/aws_signing_helper.exe](https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.8.1/X86_64/Windows/Server2022/aws_signing_helper.exe) |  b7e8ae02013126abab40fd886f9e918d3a0809309c4c3cb813d55b36a92e6116  
+Darwin |  x86-64 |  [https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.8.1/X86_64/MacOS/Sonoma/aws_signing_helper](https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.8.1/X86_64/MacOS/Sonoma/aws_signing_helper) |  f1279c50f0de0924b208c4c495e3a2ac5b02fb8724147d29c59ec6fd4eecebe4  
+Linux |  Aarch64 |  [https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.8.1/Aarch64/Linux/Amzn2023/aws_signing_helper](https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.8.1/Aarch64/Linux/Amzn2023/aws_signing_helper) |  bd9b33e6cb0917f3e9b6e8292fd490dbe8bc821aada8832154e6a77e890bba3e  
+Darwin |  Aarch64 |  [https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.8.1/Aarch64/MacOS/Sonoma/aws_signing_helper](https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.8.1/Aarch64/MacOS/Sonoma/aws_signing_helper) |  9a6397fa3c63957f39b48f43594b259720e09af81c5d846c91ca4cd4d0d83a14  
@@ -669,0 +670,4 @@ To specify your Roles Anywhere enabled profile for use with JavaScript, see [Loa
+### CredentialHelper version 1.8.1
+
+On April 8, 2026, AWS IAM Roles Anywhere released Credential Helper version 1.8.1. As a part of this release, some security vulnerabilities were patched.
+