Icinga Web Version 2.9.0
What's New in Version 2.9.0
You can find all issues related to this release on our Roadmap.
Please make sure to also check the respective upgrading section in the documentation.
This release is accompanied by the minor releases v2.7.5 and v2.8.3 which include the security fixes mentioned below.
Icinga DB
We continue our endeavour soon. Icinga Web 2 is still a crucial part of it and this update is again required
for Icinga DB. If you like to participate again, don't forget to update Icinga Web 2 as well.
Security Fixes
This release includes two security related fixes. Both were published as part of a security advisory on Github.
They allow the circumvention of custom variable protection rules and blacklists as well as a path traversal if
the doc module is enabled. Please check the respective advisory for details.
- Custom variable protection and blacklists can be circumvented GHSA-2xv9-886q-p7xx
- Possible path traversal by use of the
docmodule GHSA-cmgc-h4cx-3v43
RBAC, The Elephant In Icinga Web 2
Role Based Access Control, for the non-initiated. I'll make it short: Permission refusals, Role inheritance,
Privilege Audit. Icinga DB will also solve the long-standing issue #2455 and also allows #3349 and #3550.
I've also written a blog post about this very topic: https://icinga.com/blog/2021/04/07/web-access-control-redefined/
- Authorization enhancements #4306
- Audit View #4336
- Highlight modules with permissions set inside a role #4241
Support for PHP 8
PHP 8 is released and with Icinga Web 2.9 it will now (hopefully) work flawlessly. We also took the chance
to prepare to drop the support of some legacy PHP versions. We now require PHP 7.3 at a minimum and all
versions below that will not be supported anymore with the release of v2.11.
Stay, Be Remembered
Have you ever been disappointed that Icinga Web 2 always forgets you after closing your browser? This is in
your hands now! Just tick the new checkbox on the login screen and Icinga Web 2 doesn't forget your presence
anymore. Unless of course the administrator or you on a different device clears your session.
- Implement a "remember me" feature #2495
It Does Matter, When
Browsers are bad when it's about date and time inputs. (I'm looking at you Mozilla!) Now we've given our hopes
up and use a specifically invented solution to show you a date and time picker throughout every browser. With
Icinga v2.13 onwards you will also be able to use this when defining an expiry date for comments! Though, you
might not necessarily use it that often once you've configured new custom defaults for downtime endings.