AWS rolesanywhere medium security documentation change

Service: rolesanywhere · 2026-04-22 · Security-related medium

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

Summary

Updated download URLs and SHA256 checksums for Credential Helper version 1.8.2 across all platforms and added a release note for version 1.8.2.

Security assessment

The update to new binary versions (1.8.2) with new checksums strongly suggests a software update. While the diff doesn't explicitly state security fixes, such updates to security-critical components like a credential helper often include security patches. The change of checksums indicates the binaries have been modified, which is concrete evidence of an update that could address vulnerabilities. However, without explicit release notes in the diff, we infer a security-related update due to the nature of the component.

Diff

diff --git a/rolesanywhere/latest/userguide/credential-helper.md b/rolesanywhere/latest/userguide/credential-helper.md
index fdf3048e1..6f2b6ee6f 100644
--- a//rolesanywhere/latest/userguide/credential-helper.md
+++ b//rolesanywhere/latest/userguide/credential-helper.md
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@ Platform | Architecture | Download URL | SHA256 checksum
-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  
+Linux |  x86-64 |  [https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.8.2/X86_64/Linux/Amzn2023/aws_signing_helper](https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.8.2/X86_64/Linux/Amzn2023/aws_signing_helper) |  7addb6eb6e84fcee6c9c013b895ea6ad01672188f1a52a61118d22c977c4432e  
+Windows |  x86-64 |  [https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.8.2/X86_64/Windows/Server2022/aws_signing_helper.exe](https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.8.2/X86_64/Windows/Server2022/aws_signing_helper.exe) |  933afda774b37002a06fc4032ea9eb5b369e32fbc9ca8a2d242605ef60e3a3f5  
+Darwin |  x86-64 |  [https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.8.2/X86_64/MacOS/Sonoma/aws_signing_helper](https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.8.2/X86_64/MacOS/Sonoma/aws_signing_helper) |  b38d8e784d7278a91a9d7a9cde7bf4ef2b6e621d81f68e20eb24c67fb1d1839d  
+Linux |  Aarch64 |  [https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.8.2/Aarch64/Linux/Amzn2023/aws_signing_helper](https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.8.2/Aarch64/Linux/Amzn2023/aws_signing_helper) |  facb914fdef33bbc01db0b377c2b4307bce00a3837de47297bae024a227eadb4  
+Darwin |  Aarch64 |  [https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.8.2/Aarch64/MacOS/Sonoma/aws_signing_helper](https://rolesanywhere.amazonaws.com/releases/1.8.2/Aarch64/MacOS/Sonoma/aws_signing_helper) |  0a2b2749a56f5d4ce12df5e565dc809a3be6e50c8570e30e3c9862324425a4b5  
@@ -671,0 +672,4 @@ To specify your Roles Anywhere enabled profile for use with JavaScript, see [Loa
+### CredentialHelper version 1.8.2
+
+On April 21, 2026, AWS IAM Roles Anywhere released Credential Helper version 1.8.2. As a part of this release, platform-specific binary distributions were updated.
+