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Privileged Remote Access 24.2.2 release notes

8 months ago by ReadMe API

July 23, 2024

Requirements

  • Requires Base 7.2.1.
  • Requires ECM 1.6.2.
  • Requires Integration Client 1.7.5.
  • Before upgrading, ensure any SSL certificates used are either from a trusted Certificate Authority, or, for self-signed certificates, the certificate is either trusted on all endpoints or explicitly included in their installation.

New features and enhancements

  • Endpoint Automation - administrators can run scripts remotely without having to start a session with the endpoint.
  • New Jump Policy option allows requiring Two-Factor Authentication to start a session.
  • Multiple Jump Items can be selected and started together in the Access Console.
  • Filtered Jump Item views can be saved in the Access Console.
  • When creating a Jump Policy, Teams can be selected as Jump Approvers.
  • After a site upgrade, Jump Clients that have not upgraded can be jumped to. A warning message appears for Jump Clients that are pending upgrade.
  • Users can save Default Credentials for Jump Items.
  • Access Console Jump Item lists and icons have been updated.
  • Spanish (European and Latin American) language is supported.
  • Users can bypass Two Factor Authentication when logging in with passwordless FIDO2.
  • A SAML test page is available for testing SAML configurations.
  • Customer Client installers can be downloaded using curl, wget, and btapi.
  • Support for x.509 certificates in Vault for CAs and Client Authentication.
  • Support for Network Tunnels on networks that do not have DHCP.
  • Added Username, Hostname, and Port as place holder variables for External Tools arguments.
  • Configuration API additions and enhancements to support Network Tunnel Jump Items:
    • GET jump-item/network-tunnel-jump
    • POST jump-item/network-tunnel-jump
    • GET jump-item/network-tunnel-jump/`id`
    • PATCH jump-item/network-tunnel-jump/`id`
    • DELETE jump-item/network-tunnel-jump/`id`
    • POST jump-item/network-tunnel-jump/`id`/copy

Issues resolved

Administrative interface

Reporting
  • Resolved an issue with the performance of some Team Activity reports.
  • Resolved an issue with Jump Item report filter not showing the correct tunnel type.
  • Resolved an issue with the Jump Item Report not showing a Jump Approver correctly.
API
  • Configuration API version updated to 1.10.
Vault
  • Resolved an issue with the generic (token) accounts not showing up in the Bulk Rotation message.
  • Resolved an issue with the expiration time not being displayed when checking out SSH-CA accounts.
  • Vault accounts that are scheduled for rotation can be checked out as long as they have not been sent to the Jumpoint for rotation.
  • Now setting a timeout for scheduled rotations.
Security Providers
  • Removed the check box for Proxy from the appliance through the Connection Agent in Cloud sites.
  • Resolved an issue with adding certificates to Clustered LDAP providers.
  • Resolved an issue with logging in using RADIUS or Kerberos security providers.
Vendor
  • Resolved an issue with vendor account expiration emails not sent.
Text Updates
  • Updated the Personal Token Account window title to say Token instead of Password.
  • Updated the help text for Any Jump Items under Jump Item Association to display Kubernetes cluster tunnel.
  • Resolved an issue with an error message after clicking the Anonymize button more than once.
Misc
  • Resolved an issue with pasting values into the External Tools Arguments field not being saved.
  • Updated the More buttons from horizontal to vertical.
  • Resolved an issue with changing the default language for /login not saving properly.
  • Updated the Jump Item Role labels for clarity.
  • Able to import and export Network Tunnel Jump Items in /login.
  • Cloud sites have access to the Portal Redirect and site address settings.

Clients

Access console
  • Resolved an issue with the Infrastructure Access Console showing some Jump Items as able to jump when they were not.
  • Resolved an issue with the tool tip for viewing Kubernetes tokens saying Show Password instead of Show Token.
  • Resolved several issues with intermittent console crashes if pop-up windows were visible when the console closes.
  • Resolved an issue with intermittent console crashes when doing a Local Push and Start session.
  • Resolved an issue with the Infrastructure Access Console window appearing in the wrong location on Windows 11 Arm devices.
  • Updated the Window Title to show the type of Tunnel being created or edited.
  • Resolved an issue with an error message not being displayed in Chat when the Network Tunnel session cannot connect to the Network Tunnel Service.
  • Resolved an issue with any Jump Approval changes made outside of the console not showing up in the console until restarted.
  • Displays an error message if DHCP returns the IP address of the Physical NIC when starting a Network Tunnel. This occurs in AWS and Azure environments.
  • Now displaying a message if the Network Tunnel Service is installed or running.
  • Resolved an issue with the Special Action for System Restore not working properly.
  • Resolved an issue with the BT Command Shell Display setting not saving correctly.
  • Displays an improved error message when using the CLI tool to run Vault Get Shared.
  • Allows older key-exchange algorithms to be used when connecting to systems via Shell Jump or BYOT SSH.
  • Added a download button for SSH-CA account checkouts.
  • Resolved an issue with Command Shell not automatically starting when the External Tool option is selected.
  • Providing keyboard shortcut hints on how to recover minimized windows when using RemoteApp RDP sessions.
  • Displays a wait message instead of No Jump Items found during a search for external Jump Items
  • Resolved an issue with MS SQL Tunnels not working properly with non-default ports and Kerberos authentication.
  • New overlays for Android TV sessions.
  • Resolved an issue with the Network Tunnel not being able to get an IP address from some Microsoft DHCP servers.
  • Clears the remote clipboard when the local clipboard is cleared.
Web Access Console
  • Resolved an issue with saving a screenshot to file not appending the .png file extension to the end of the file name.
  • Resolved an issue with the focus not being set correctly after editing some Jump Items.
  • Resolved an issue with search not working properly when non-English character were used.
Jump Client
  • Resolved an issue with Headless Jump Clients on some Arm devices not upgrading properly.
  • Resolved an issue with the cached Customer Client not downloading properly and causing attempts to Jump to that Jump Client to fail.
Jumpoint
  • Resolved an issue with Jumpoints randomly restarting in certain situations.
  • Clustered Jumpoints can now use the same installer to install multiple nodes.
Shell Jump
  • Resolved several issues with Shell Jump sessions not working as expected until the directory had been refreshed.
  • Resolved an issue with a user not having the Allow Elevated Access to Tools and Special Actions on the Endpoint permission causing Shell Jump sessions to no longer be accessible.
Mac
  • Resolved an issue with Jump Approval notifications text being too small on Macs.
  • Resolved an issue with an extra window being displayed when starting tunnel sessions on a Mac.
  • Resolved an issue with the some icons not displaying correctly in the console when in dark ode on Macs
  • Support for the Mac TouchBar has been removed.
Linux
  • Now writing the Systemd Service Information to a file for Linux Jump Clients and Linux Jumpoints.

Notes

  • This version of Privileged Remote Access has been certified for physical BeyondTrust Appliances, virtual BeyondTrust Appliances, and cloud deployment models.
  • Verified for GA.
  • Supports upgrades from 23.2.3 PA+.
  • Supports ECM Protocol 1.6.
  • Includes VSC 1.2.6.1.

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