4.5.1 Release notes - 24 August 2023

This section lists the changes in version 4.5.1. Every update of the Wazuh solution is cumulative and includes all enhancements and fixes from previous releases.

Highlights

Native support for Mac computers with Apple silicon. This release provides an ARM-ready Wazuh agent for macOS package.

Breaking changes

This release includes some breaking changes, such as the following:

Agent

#17748 Added the discard_regex functionality to Inspector and CloudWatchLogs AWS integrations.
- With this change, execution stops without warning if you don't use the field parameter when mandatory.

What's new

This version includes new features or improvements, such as the following:

Manager

#18142 Vulnerability Detector now fetches the RHEL 5 feed URL from https://feed.wazuh.com by default.
#16846 The Vulnerability Detector CPE helper has been updated.

Agent

#2224 Added native agent support for Apple silicon.
#17673 Added new validations for the AWS integration arguments.
#16607 The agent for Windows now loads its shared libraries after running the verification.

Ruleset

#17794 The SCA policy for Ubuntu Linux 20.04 (CIS v2.0.0) has been remade.
#17812 Removed check 1.1.5 from Windows 10 SCA policy.

Other

#16990 The CURL library has been updated to v7.88.1.

Wazuh dashboard

#5478 Added Apple Silicon architecture button to the register Agent wizard.
#5497 Removed the agent name in the agent info ribbon.
#5539 Changed method to perform redirection on agent table buttons.
#5538 Changed Windows agent service name in the deploy agent wizard.
#5687 Changed the requests to get the agent labels from the managers.

Wazuh Kibana plugin for Kibana 7.10.2, 7.16.x, and 7.17.x

#5478 Added Apple Silicon architecture button to the register Agent wizard.
#5497 Removed the agent name in the agent info ribbon.
#5539 Changed method to perform redirection on agent table buttons.
#5538 Changed Windows agent service name in the deploy agent wizard.
#5687 Changed the requests to get the agent labels from the managers.

Resolved issues

This release resolves known issues as the following:

Manager

Reference	Description
#17866	Fixed a race condition in some RBAC unit tests by clearing the SQLAlchemy mappers.
#17490	Fixed a bug in wazuh-analysisd that could exceed the maximum number of fields when loading a rule.
#17126	Fixed a race condition in wazuh-analysisd FTS list.
#17143	Fixed a crash in Analysisd when parsing an invalid decoder.
#17701	Fixed a segmentation fault in wazuh-modulesd due to duplicate Vulnerability Detector configuration.
#16978	Fixed Vulnerability Detector configuration for unsupported SUSE systems.

Agent

Reference	Description
#17524	Fixed `InvalidRange` error in Azure Storage integration when trying to get data from an empty blob.
#17586	Fixed a memory corruption hazard in the FIM Windows Registry scan.
#17179	Fixed an error in Syscollector reading the CPU frequency on Apple M1.
#16659	Fixed agent WPK upgrade for Windows that might leave the previous version in the Registry.
#17176	Fixed agent WPK upgrade for Windows to get the correct path of the Windows folder.

RESTful API

Reference	Description
#17632	Fixed `PUT /agents/upgrade_custom` endpoint to validate that the file extension is `.wpk`.
#17660	Fixed errors in API endpoints to get `labels` and `reports` active configuration from managers.

Ruleset

Reference	Description
#17941	Fixed CredSSP encryption enforcement at Windows Benchmarks for SCA.
#17940	Fixed an inverse logic in MS Windows Server 2022 Benchmark for SCA.
#17779	Fixed a false positive in Windows Eventchannel rule due to substring false positive.
#17813	Fixed missing whitespaces in SCA policies for Windows.
#17798	Fixed the description of a Fortigate rule.

Wazuh dashboard

Reference	Description
#5471	Fixed the rendering of tables that contain IPs and agent overview.
#5490	Fixed the agents active coverage stat as `NaN` in Details panel of Agents section.
#5687	Fixed a broken documentation link to agent labels.
#5714	Fixed the PDF report filters applied to tables.
#5766	Fixed outdated year in the PDF report footer.

Wazuh Kibana plugin for Kibana 7.10.2, 7.16.x, and 7.17.x

Reference	Description
#5471	Fixed the rendering of tables that contain IPs and agent overview.
#5490	Fixed the agents active coverage stat as `NaN` in Details panel of Agents section.
#5687	Fixed a broken documentation link to agent labels.
#5714	Fixed the PDF report filters applied to tables.
#5766	Fixed outdated year in the PDF report footer.

Changelogs

More details about these changes are provided in the changelog of each component: