This release of Teleport contains multiple bug fixes.
* Reverted base OS in container images to Ubuntu. [#4054](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/4054)
* Fixed an issue that prevented changing the path for the Audit Log. [#3771](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/3771)
* Fixed an issue that allowed servers with invalid labels to be added to the cluster. [#4034](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/4034)
* Fixed an issue that caused Cloud Firestore to panic on startup. [#4041](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/4041)
* Fixed an error that would cause Teleport to fail to load with the error "list of proxies empty". [#4005](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/4005)
* Fixed an issue that would prevent playback of Kubernetes session [#4055](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/4055)
* Fixed regressions in the UI. [#4013](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/4013) [#4012](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/4012) [#4035](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/4035) [#4051](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/4051) [#4044](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/4044)
This is a major Teleport release with a focus on new features, functionality, and bug fixes. It’s a substantial release and users can review [4.3 closed issues](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/milestone/37?closed=1) on Github for details of all items. We would love your feedback - please pick a [time slot for a remote UX feedback session](https://calendly.com/benarent-gravitational/teleport-4-3-feedback-session?month=2020-06) if you’re interested.
Teleport 4.3 includes a completely redesigned Web UI. The new Web UI expands the management functionality of a Teleport cluster and the user experience of using Teleport to make it easier and simpler to use. Teleport's new terminal provides a quick jumping-off point to access nodes and nodes on other clusters via the web.
Teleport's Web UI now exposes Teleport’s Audit log, letting auditors and administrators view Teleport access events, SSH events, recording session, and enhanced session recording all in one view.
Teleport 4.3 introduces four new plugins that work out of the box with [Approval Workflow](https://gravitational.com/teleport/docs/enterprise/workflow/?utm_source=github&utm_medium=changelog&utm_campaign=4_3). These plugins allow you to automatically support role escalation with commonly used third party services. The built-in plugins are listed below.
* Added the ability for local users to reset their own passwords. [#2387](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/3287)
* Added user impersonation (`kube_users)` support to Kubernetes Proxy. [#3369](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/3369)
* Added support for third party S3-compatible storage for sessions. [#3057](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/3057)
* Added support for GCP backend data stores. [#3766](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/3766) [#3014](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/3014)
* Added support for X11 forwarding to OpenSSH servers. [#3401](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/3401)
* Added support for auth plugins in proxy `kubeconfig`. [#3655](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/3655)
* Added support for OpenSSH-like escape sequence. [#3752](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/3752)
* Added `--browser` flag to `tsh`. [#3737](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/3737)
* Updated `teleport configure` output to be more useful out of the box. [#3429](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/3429)
* Updated ability to only show SSO on the login page. [#2789](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/2789)
* Updated help and support section in Web UI. [#3531](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/3531)
* Updated default SSH signing algorithm to SHA-512 for new clusters. [#3777](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/3777)
* [Documented Kubernetes Role Mapping](https://gravitational.com/teleport/docs/kubernetes_ssh/#kubernetes-groups-and-users)
#### Upgrade Notes
Always follow the [recommended upgrade procedure](https://gravitational.com/teleport/docs/admin-guide/#upgrading-teleport?utm_source=github&utm_medium=changelog&utm_campaign=4_3) to upgrade to this version.
##### New Signing Algorithm
If you’re upgrading an existing version of Teleport, you may want to consider rotating CA to SHA-256 or SHA-512 for RSA SSH certificate signatures. The previous default was SHA-1, which is now considered to be weak against brute-force attacks. SHA-1 certificate signatures are also [no longer accepted](https://www.openssh.com/releasenotes.html) by OpenSSH versions 8.2 and above. All new Teleport clusters will default to SHA-512 based signatures. To upgrade an existing cluster, set the following in your `teleport.yaml`:
```
teleport:
ca_signature_algo: "rsa-sha2-512"
```
Rotate the cluster CA, following [these docs](https://gravitational.com/teleport/docs/admin-guide/#certificate-rotation?utm_source=github&utm_medium=changelog&utm_campaign=4_3).
##### Web UI
Due to the number of changes included in the redesigned Web UI, some URLs and functionality have shifted. Refer to the following ticket for more details. [#3580](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/3580)
The minimum set of Kubernetes permissions that need to be granted to Teleport proxies has been updated. If you use the Kubernetes integration, please make sure that the ClusterRole used by the proxy has [sufficient permissions](https://gravitational.com/teleport/docs/kubernetes_ssh#impersonation).
##### Path prefix for etcd
The [etcd backend](https://gravitational.com/teleport/docs/admin-guide/#using-etcd) now correctly uses the “prefix” config value when storing data. Upgrading from 4.2 to 4.3 will migrate the data as needed at startup. Make sure you follow our Teleport [upgrade guidance](https://gravitational.com/teleport/docs/admin-guide/#upgrading-teleport).
**Note: If you use an etcd backend with a non-default prefix and need to downgrade from 4.3 to 4.2, you should [backup Teleport data and restore it](https://gravitational.com/teleport/docs/admin-guide/#backing-up-teleport) into the downgraded cluster.**
This release of Teleport contains multiple bug fixes.
* Fixed an issue that prevented upload of session archives to NFS volumes. [#3780](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/3780)
* Fixed an issue with port forwarding that prevented TCP connections from being closed correctly. [#3801](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/3801)
* Fixed an issue in `tsh` that would cause connections to the Auth Server to fail on large clusters. [#3872](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/3872)
* Fixed an issue that prevented the use of Write-Only roles with S3 and GCS. [#3810](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/3810)
This release of Teleport contains multiple bug fixes.
* Fixed an issue that caused Teleport environment variables not to be available in PAM modules. [#3725](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/3725)
* Fixed an issue with `tsh login <clusterName>` not working correctly with Kubernetes clusters. [#3693](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/3693)
This release of Teleport contains multiple bug fixes.
* Fixed issue where `^C` would not terminate `tsh`. [#3456](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/3456)
* Fixed an issue where enhanced session recording could cause Teleport to panic. [#3506](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/3506)
## 4.2.7
As part of a routine security audit of Teleport, a security vulnerability was discovered that affects all recent releases of Teleport. We strongly suggest upgrading to the latest patched release to mitigate this vulnerability.
### Details
Due to a flaw in how the Teleport Web UI handled host certificate validation, host certificate validation was disabled for clusters where connections were terminated at the node. This means that an attacker could impersonate a Teleport node without detection when connecting through the Web UI.
Clusters where sessions were terminated at the proxy (recording proxy mode) are not affected.
Command line programs like `tsh` (or `ssh`) are not affected by this vulnerability.
### Actions
To mitigate this issue, upgrade and restart all Teleport proxy processes.
* Fixed issue where Teleport could connect to the wrong node and added support to connect via UUID. [#2396](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/2396)
* Fixed issue where `tsh login` would fail to output identity when using the `--out` parameter. [#3339](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/3339)
This release of Teleport contains bug and security fixes.
* Mitigated [CVE-2020-9283](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/golang-announce/3L45YRc91SY/ywEPcKLnGQAJ) by updating golang.org/x/crypto.
* Fixed PAM integration to support user creation upon login. [#3317](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/3317) [#3346](//github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/3346)
* Improved Teleport performance on large IoT clusters. [#3227](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/3227)
* Added support for PluginData to Teleport plugins. [#3286](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/3286) [#3298](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/3298)
This release of Teleport contains bug fixes and improvements.
* Fixed a regression in role mapping between trusted clusters. [#3252](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/3252)
* Improved variety of issues with Enhanced Session Recording including support for more opearting systems and install from packages. [#3279](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/3279)
* Fixed an issue where access-request event system fails when cache is enabled. [#3223](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/3223)
* Fixed cgroup resolution so enhanced session recording works on Debian based distributions. [#3215](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/3215)
This is a minor Teleport release with a focus on new features and bug fixes.
### Improvements
* Alpha: Enhanced Session Recording lets you know what's really happening during a Teleport Session. [Read the docs](https://gravitational.com/teleport/docs/ver/4.2/features/enhanced_session_recording/). [#2948](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/2948)
* Alpha: Workflows API lets admins escalate RBAC roles in response to user requests. [Read the docs](https://gravitational.com/teleport/docs/ver/4.2/enterprise/#approval-workflows). [#3006](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/3006)
* Beta: Teleport provides HA Support using Firestore and Google Cloud Storage using Google Cloud Platform. [Read the docs](https://gravitational.com/teleport/docs/ver/4.2/gcp_guide/). [#2821](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/2821)
* Remote tctl execution is now possible. [Read the docs](https://gravitational.com/teleport/docs/ver/4.2/cli-docs/#tctl). [#1525](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/1525) [#2991](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/2991)
### Fixes
* Fixed issue in socks4 when rendering remote address [#3110](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/3110)
### Documentation
* Adopting root/leaf terminology for trusted clusters. [Trusted cluster documentation](https://gravitational.com/teleport/docs/ver/4.2/trustedclusters/).
* Documented Teleport FedRAMP & FIPS Support. [FedRAMP & FIPS documentation](https://gravitational.com/teleport/docs/ver/4.2/enterprise/ssh_fips/).
As part of a routine security audit of Teleport, a security vulnerability was discovered that affects all recent releases of Teleport. We strongly suggest upgrading to the latest patched release to mitigate this vulnerability.
### Details
Due to a flaw in how the Teleport Web UI handled host certificate validation, host certificate validation was disabled for clusters where connections were terminated at the node. This means that an attacker could impersonate a Teleport node without detection when connecting through the Web UI.
Clusters where sessions were terminated at the proxy (recording proxy mode) are not affected.
Command line programs like `tsh` (or `ssh`) are not affected by this vulnerability.
### Actions
To mitigate this issue, upgrade and restart all Teleport proxy processes.
This release of Teleport contains multiple bug fixes.
* Removed `TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA{256,384}` from default ciphersuites due to compatibility issues with HTTP2.
* Fixed issues with `local_auth` for FIPS builds. [#3100](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/3100)
* Upgraded Go runtime to 1.13.2 to mitigate [CVE-2019-16276](https://github.com/golang/go/issues/34540) and [CVE-2019-17596](https://github.com/golang/go/issues/34960).
This release of Teleport contains improvements to the build code.
* Added support for building Docker images using the FIPS-compliant version of Teleport. The first of these images is quay.io/gravitational/teleport-ent:4.1.2-fips
* In future, these images will be automatically built for use by Teleport Enterprise customers.
As part of a routine security audit of Teleport, a security vulnerability was discovered that affects all recent releases of Teleport. We strongly suggest upgrading to the latest patched release to mitigate this vulnerability.
### Details
Due to a flaw in how the Teleport Web UI handled host certificate validation, host certificate validation was disabled for clusters where connections were terminated at the node. This means that an attacker could impersonate a Teleport node without detection when connecting through the Web UI.
Clusters where sessions were terminated at the proxy (recording proxy mode) are not affected.
Command line programs like `tsh` (or `ssh`) are not affected by this vulnerability.
### Actions
To mitigate this issue, upgrade and restart all Teleport proxy processes.
* Fixed a goroutine leak that occured whenever a leaf cluster disconnected from the root cluster. [#3037](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/3037)
* Fixed issue introduced in 4.0.5 that broke session recording when using the recording proxy. [#2957](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/2957)
This is a major Teleport release which introduces support for Teleport Internet of Things (IoT). In addition to this new feature this release includes usability, performance, and bug fixes listed below.
## New Features
### Teleport for IoT
With Teleport 4.0, nodes gain the ability to use reverse tunnels to dial back to a Teleport cluster to bypass firewall restrictions. This allows connections even to nodes that a cluster does not have direct network access to. Customers that have been using Trusted Clusters to achieve this can now utilize a unified interface to access all nodes within their infrastructure.
### FedRamp Compliance
With this release of Teleport, we have built out the foundation to help Teleport Enterprise customers build and meet the requirements in a FedRAMP System Security Plan (SSP). This includes a FIPS 140-2 friendly build of Teleport Enterprise as well as a variety of improvements to aid in complying with security controls even in FedRAMP High environments.
## Improvements
* Teleport now support 10,000 remote connections to a single Teleport cluster. [Using our recommend hardware setup.](https://gravitational.com/teleport/faq/#whats-teleport-scalability-and-hardware-recommendations)
The lists of improvements and bug fixes above mention only the significant changes, please take a look at the complete list on Github for more.
## Upgrading
Teleport 4.0 is backwards compatible with Teleport 3.2 and later. [Follow the recommended upgrade procedure to upgrade to this version.](https://gravitational.com/teleport/docs/admin-guide/#upgrading-teleport)
Note that due to substantial changes between Teleport 3.2 and 4.0, we recommend creating a backup of the backend datastore (DynamoDB, etcd, or dir) before upgrading a cluster to Teleport 4.0 to allow downgrades.
### Notes on compatibility
Teleport has always validated host certificates when a client connects to a server, however prior to Teleport 4.0, Teleport did not validate the host the user requests a connection to is in the list of principals on the certificate. To ensure a seamless upgrade, make sure the hosts you connect to have the appropriate address set in `public_addr` in `teleport.yaml` before upgrading.
* Fixed issue introduced in 3.2.8 that broke session recording when using the recording proxy. [#2957](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/2957)
Starting with this release, Teleport proxy uses [the impersonation API](https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/access-authn-authz/authentication/#user-impersonation) instead of the [CSR API](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tls/managing-tls-in-a-cluster/#requesting-a-certificate).
* Fixed issue introduced in 3.1.10 that broke session recording when using the recording proxy. [#2957](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/2957)
Teleport 3.1.5 contains a bug fix and security fix.
#### Bug fixes
* Fixed issue where certificate authorities were not fetched during every login. [#2526](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/2526)
* Upgraded Go to 1.11.5 to mitigate [CVE-2019-6486](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/golang-announce/mVeX35iXuSw): CPU denial of service in P-521 and P-384 elliptic curve implementation.
* Fixed `x509: certificate signed by unknown authority` error when connecting to DynamoDB within Gravitational publish Docker image. [#2473](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/2473)
Teleport 3.1.2 contains a security fix. We strongly encourage anyone running Teleport 3.1.1 to upgrade.
#### Bugfixes
* Due to the flaw in internal RBAC verification logic, a compromised node, trusted cluster or authenticated non-privileged user can craft special request to Teleport's internal auth server API to gain access to the private key material of the cluster's internal certificate authorities and elevate their privileges to gain full administrative access to the Teleport cluster. This vulnerability only affects authenticated clients, there is no known way to exploit this vulnerability outside the cluster for unauthenticated clients.
Teleport 3.1.1 contains a security fix. We strongly encourage anyone running Teleport 3.1.0 to upgrade.
* Upgraded Go to 1.11.4 to mitigate CVE-2018-16875: [CPU denial of service in chain validation](https://golang.org/issue/29233) Go. For customers using the RHEL5.x compatible release of Teleport, we've backported this fix to Go 1.9.7, before releasing RHEL 5.x compatible binaries.
This is a major Teleport release with a focus on backwards compatibility, stability, and bug fixes. Some of the improvements:
* Added support for regular expressions in RBAC label keys and values. [#2161](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/2161)
* Added support for configurable server side keep-alives. [#2334](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/2334)
* Added support for some `-o` to improve OpenSSH interoperability. [#2330](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/2330)
* Added i386 binaries as well as binaries built with older version of Go to support legacy systems. [#2277](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/2277)
* Added SOCKS5 support to `tsh`. [#1693](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/1693)
* Improved UX and security for nodes joining a cluster. [#2294](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/2294)
* Upgraded Go to 1.11.5 to mitigate [CVE-2019-6486](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/golang-announce/mVeX35iXuSw): CPU denial of service in P-521 and P-384 elliptic curve implementation.
* Updated xterm.js to mitigate a [RCE in xterm.js](https://github.com/xtermjs/xterm.js/releases/tag/3.10.1).
* Mitigate potential timing attacks during bearer token authentication. [#2482](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/2482)
## 3.0.3
Teleport 3.0.3 contains a security fix. We strongly encourage anyone running Teleport 3.0.2 to upgrade.
#### Bugfixes
* Due to the flaw in internal RBAC verification logic, a compromised node, trusted cluster or authenticated non-privileged user can craft special request to Teleport's internal auth server API to gain access to the private key material of the cluster's internal certificate authorities and elevate their privileges to gain full administrative access to the Teleport cluster. This vulnerability only affects authenticated clients, there is no known way to exploit this vulnerability outside the cluster for unauthenticated clients.
Teleport 3.0.2 contains a security fix. We strongly encourage anyone running Teleport 3.0.1 to upgrade.
* Upgraded Go to 1.11.4 to mitigate CVE-2018-16875: [CPU denial of service in chain validation](https://golang.org/issue/29233) Go. For customers using the RHEL5.x compatible release of Teleport, we've backported this fix to Go 1.9.7, before releasing RHEL 5.x compatible binaries.
the [Kubernetes and SSH Integration Guide](https://gravitational.com/teleport/docs/kubernetes_ssh/)
#### Improvements
* Teleport administrators can now fine-tune the enabled ciphersuites [#1999](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/1999)
* Improved user experience linking trusted clusters together [#1971](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/1971)
* All Teleport components (proxy, auth and nodes) now support `public_addr`
setting which allows them to be hosted behind NAT/Load Balancers. [#1793](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/1793)
* We have documented the previously undocumented monitoring endpoints [#2103](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/2103)
* The `etcd` back-end has been updated to implement 3.3+ protocol. See the upgrading notes below.
* Listing nodes via `tsh ls` or the web UI no longer shows nodes that the currently logged in user has no access to. [#1954](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/1954)
* It is now possible to build `tsh` client on Windows. Note: only `tsh login` command is implemented. [#1996](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/1996).
*`-i` flag to `tsh login` is now guarantees to be non-interactive. [#2221](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/2221)
#### Bugfixes
* Removed the bogus error message "access denied to perform action create on user" [#2132](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/2132)
*`scp` implementation in "recording proxy" mode did not work correctly. [#2176](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/2176)
* Removed the limit of 8 trusted clusters with SSO. [#2192](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/2192)
*`tsh ls` now works correctly when executed on a remote/trusted cluster [#2204](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/milestone/24?closed=1)
The lists of improvements and bug fixes above mention only the significant
changes, please take a look at [the complete list](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/milestone/24?closed=1)
* Upgraded Go to 1.11.5 to mitigate [CVE-2019-6486](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/golang-announce/mVeX35iXuSw): CPU denial of service in P-521 and P-384 elliptic curve implementation.
* Updated xterm.js to mitigate a [RCE in xterm.js](https://github.com/xtermjs/xterm.js/releases/tag/3.10.1).
* Mitigate potential timing attacks during bearer token authentication. [#2482](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/2482)
## 2.7.7
Teleport 2.7.7 contains two security fixes. We strongly encourage anyone running Teleport 2.7.6 to upgrade.
#### Bugfixes
* Due to the flaw in internal RBAC verification logic, a compromised node, trusted cluster or authenticated non-privileged user can craft special request to Teleport's internal auth server API to gain access to the private key material of the cluster's internal certificate authorities and elevate their privileges to gain full administrative access to the Teleport cluster. This vulnerability only affects authenticated clients, there is no known way to exploit this vulnerability outside the cluster for unauthenticated clients.
* Upgraded Go to 1.11.4 to mitigate CVE-2018-16875: CPU denial of service in chain validation Go.
The primary goal of 2.7.0 release was to address the community feedback and improve the performance and flexibility when running Teleport clusters with large number of nodes.
#### New Features
* The Web UI now includes `scp` (secure copy) functionality. This allows Windows users and other users of the Web UI to upload/download files into SSH nodes using a web browser.
* Fine-grained control over forceful session termination has been added [#1935](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/1935). It is now possible to:
* Forcefully disconnect idle clients (no client activity) after a specified timeout.
* Forcefully disconnect clients when their certificates expire in the middle of an active SSH session.
#### Performance Improvements
* Performance of SSH login commands have been improved on large clusters (thousands of nodes). [#2061](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/2061)
* DynamoDB storage back-end performance has been improved. [#2021](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/2021)
* Performance of session recording via a proxy has been improved [#1966](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/1966)
* Connections between trusted clusters are managed better [#2023](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/2023)
#### Bug Fixes
As awlays, this release contains several bug fixes. The full list can be seen [here](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/milestone/25?closed=1). Here are some notable ones:
* It is now possible to issue certificates with a long TTL via admin's `auth sign` tool. Previously they were limited to 30 hours for undocumented reason. [1745](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/1745)
* Dynamic label values were shown as empty strings. [2056](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/2056)
#### Upgrading
Follow the [recommended upgrade procedure](https://gravitational.com/teleport/docs/admin-guide/#upgrading-teleport) to upgrade to this version.
* Remote clusters no longer try to re-connect to proxies that have been permanently removed. [#2023](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/2023)
* Speed up login on systems with many users. [#2021](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/2021)
* Improve overall performance of the etcd backend. [#2030](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/2030)
* Role login validation now applies after variables have been substituted. [#2022](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/2022)
* Remote clusters no longer try to re-connect to proxies that have been permanently removed. [#2023](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/2023)
* Speed up login on systems with many users. [#2021](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/2021)
* Improve overall performance of the etcd backend. [#2030](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/2030)
* Role login validation now applies after variables have been substituted. [#2022](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/2022)
* Use ciphers, KEX, and MAC algorithms from Teleport configuration in reverse tunnel server. [#1984](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/1984)
This release of Teleport brings new features, significant performance and
usability improvements as well usual bugfixes.
During this release cycle, the Teleport source code has been audited for
security vulnerabilities by Cure53 and this release (2.6.0) contains patches
for the discovered problems.
#### New Features
* Support for DynamoDB for storing the audit log events. [#1755](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/1755)
* Support for Amazon S3 for storing the recorded SSH sessions. [#1755](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/1755)
* Support for rotating certificate authorities (CA rotation). [#1899] (https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/1899)
* Integration with Linux PAM (pluggable authentication modules) subsystem. [#742](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/742) and [#1766](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/1766)
* The new CLI command `tsh status` shows users which Teleport clusters they are authenticated with. [#1628](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/1628)
Additionally, Teleport 2.6.0 has been submitted to the AWS marketplace. Soon
AWS users will be able to create properly configured, secure and highly
available Teleport clusters with ease.
#### Configuration Changes
* Role templates (depreciated in Teleport 2.3) were fully removed. We recommend
migrating to role variables which are documented [here](https://gravitational.com/teleport/docs/ssh_rbac/#roles)
* Resource names (like roles, connectors, trusted clusters) can no longer
contain unicode or other special characters. Update the names of all user
created resources to only include characters, hyphens, and dots.
*`advertise_ip` has been deprecated and replaced with `public_addr` setting. See [#1803](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/1803)
The existing configuration files will still work, but we advise Teleport
administrators to update it to reflect the new format.
* Teleport no longer uses `boltdb` back-end for storing cluster state _by
default_. The new default is called `dir` and it uses simple JSON files
stored in `/var/lib/teleport/backend`. This change applies to brand new
Teleport installations, the existing clusters will continue to use `boltdb`.
* The default set of enabled cryptographic primitives has been
updated to reflect the latest state of SSH and TLS security. [#1856](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/1856).
#### Bug Fixes
The list of most visible bug fixes in this release:
*`tsh` now properly handles Ctrl+C [#1882](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/1882)
* High CPU utilization on ARM platforms during daemon start-up. [#1886](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/1886)
* Terminal window size can get out of sync on AWS. [#1874](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/1874)
* Some CLI commands print errors twice. [#1889](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/1889)
* SSH session playback can be interrupted for long sessions. [#1774](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/1774)
* Processing `HUP` UNIX signal is unreliable when `teleport` daemon runs under `systemd`. [#1844](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/1844)
You can see the full list of 2.6.0 changes [here](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/milestone/22?closed=1).
#### Upgrading
Follow the [recommended upgrade procedure](https://gravitational.com/teleport/docs/admin-guide/#upgrading-teleport)
* Allow creation of multiple sessions per connection (fixes Ansible issues with the recording proxy). [#1811](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/1811)
* Fix logging, collect status of forked processes. [#1785](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/1785) [#1776](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/1776)
* Turn off proxy support when no-tls is used. [#1800](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/1800)
* Correct the signup URL. [#1777](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/1777)
* Fix GitHub team pagination issues. [#1734](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/1734)
* Increase global dial timeout to 30 seconds. [#1760](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/1760)
* Improved Teleport version reporting. [#1538](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/1538)
* Fixed regressions in terminal size handling and Trusted Clusters introduced in 2.4.1. [#1674](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/1674) [#1692](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/1692)
* CLI: trusted clusters can now be managed on the fly without having to edit Teleport configuration. [#1137](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/1137)
* CLI: `tsh login` supports exporting a user identity into a file to be used later with OpenSSH.
*`tsh agent` command has been deprecated: users are expected to use native SSH Agents on their platforms.
* Added `--compat=oldssh` to both `tsh` and `tctl` that can be used to request certificates in the legacy format (no roles in extensions). [#1083](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/1083)
### Bugfixes
* Fixed multiple regressions when using SAML with dynamic roles. [#1080](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/1080)
* HTTP CONNECT tunneling for Trusted Clusters. [#860](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/860)
* Long lived certificates and identity export which can be used for automation. [#1033](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/1033)
* New terminal for Web UI. [#933](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/933)
* Read user environment files. [#1014](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/1014)
* Improvements to Auth Server resiliency and availability. [#1071](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/1071)
* Server side configuration of support ciphers, key exchange (KEX) algorithms, and MAC algorithms. [#1062](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/1062)
* Renaming `tsh` to `ssh` or making a symlink `tsh -> ssh` removes the need to type `tsh ssh`, making it compatible with familiar `ssh user@host`. [#929](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/929)
The most pressing issues (a phishing attack which can potentially be used to extract plaintext credentials and an attack where an already authenticated user can escalate privileges) can be resolved by upgrading the web proxy. However, however all nodes need to be upgraded to mitigate all vulnerabilities.