Fabric CA v1.5.6 has been tested with the following dependencies:
Go 1.18.8
Alpine 3.17 (for Docker images)
Changes, Known Issues, and Workarounds
None.
Known Vulnerabilities
FABC-174 Commands can be manipulated to delete identities or affiliations
This vulnerability can be resolved in one of two ways:
1) Use HTTPS (TLS) so that the authorization header is not in clear text.
2) The token generation/authentication mechanism was improved to optionally prevent
token reuse. As of v1.4 a more secure token can be used by setting environment variable:
FABRIC_CA_SERVER_COMPATIBILITY_MODE_V1_3=false
However, it cannot be set to false until all clients have
been updated to generate the more secure token and tolerate
FABRIC_CA_SERVER_COMPATIBILITY_MODE_V1_3=false.
The Fabric CA client has been updated in v1.4 to generate the more secure token.
The Fabric SDKs will be updated by v2.0 timeframe to generate the more secure token,
at which time the default for Fabric CA server will change to:
FABRIC_CA_SERVER_COMPATIBILITY_MODE_V1_3=false
Signed-off-by: Josh Kneubuhl jkneubuh@us.ibm.com
Release Note
v1.5.6-beta2 Release Notes - Dec 15, 2022
v1.5.6-beta2 is a beta release, providing updates for the following issues in the Fabric CA:
buildxDependencies
Fabric CA v1.5.6 has been tested with the following dependencies:
Changes, Known Issues, and Workarounds
None.
Known Vulnerabilities
FABC-174 Commands can be manipulated to delete identities or affiliations
This vulnerability can be resolved in one of two ways:
1) Use HTTPS (TLS) so that the authorization header is not in clear text.
2) The token generation/authentication mechanism was improved to optionally prevent token reuse. As of v1.4 a more secure token can be used by setting environment variable:
FABRIC_CA_SERVER_COMPATIBILITY_MODE_V1_3=false
However, it cannot be set to false until all clients have been updated to generate the more secure token and tolerate FABRIC_CA_SERVER_COMPATIBILITY_MODE_V1_3=false. The Fabric CA client has been updated in v1.4 to generate the more secure token. The Fabric SDKs will be updated by v2.0 timeframe to generate the more secure token, at which time the default for Fabric CA server will change to: FABRIC_CA_SERVER_COMPATIBILITY_MODE_V1_3=false
Resolved Vulnerabilities
None.