Base 8.3.0 release notes

To reduce the risk of appliances running with known vulnerabilities, critical security patch enforcement has been strengthened in the following ways:

• For critical updates that install without downtime, the option to opt out is removed and these updates are now applied automatically.
• For critical updates that require downtime, you can still opt out, but doing so requires you to explicitly acknowledge that you assume responsibility for the associated risk.
• If an appliance has not successfully communicated with the update server within a defined time window, key functionality is degraded or disabled. This prevents appliances that are disconnected from updates, whether intentionally or through misconfiguration, from continuing to operate indefinitely in a potentially vulnerable state.

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Important information

This change removes the ability to opt out of seamless critical security updates. Review your patch management process before upgrading.

- Base Software 8.3 changes what the appliance forwards over syslog to a Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) platform, and how those events are structured.

• Added log categories now exist for on-premises appliances only.

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For information, see Base syslog guide.

Administrators can now view a complete list of all installed patches, including both application and firmware updates, directly from /appliance. This provides a single, centralized view of patch history without needing to check multiple locations.

Local file uploads now display an estimated progress bar instead of a generic busy spinner, giving you clearer visibility into how long an upload will take to complete.

The opt-in default certificate mechanism is removed, simplifying certificate configuration and reducing the risk of relying on default certificates.