SALT 3006.5 RELEASE NOTES$$$CHANGELOG$$$REMOVED$$$Tech Debt - support for pysss removed due to functionality addition in Python 3.3 #65029$$$$$$FIXED$$$Improved error message when state arguments are accidentally passed as a string #38098$$$$$$Allow pip.install to create a log file that is passed in if the parent directory is writeable #44722$$$$$$Fixed merging of complex pillar overrides with salt-ssh states #59802$$$$$$Fixed gpg pillar rendering with salt-ssh #60002$$$$$$Made salt-ssh states not re-render pillars unnecessarily #62230$$$$$$Made Salt maintain options in Debian package repo definitions #64130$$$$$$Migrated all invoke tasks to python-tools-scripts.$$$$$$tasks/docs.py -> tools/precommit/docs.py$$$$$$tasks/docstrings.py -> tools/precommit/docstrings.py$$$$$$tasks/loader.py -> tools/precommit/loader.py$$$$$$tasks/filemap.py -> tools/precommit/filemap.py #64374$$$$$$Fix salt user login shell path in Debian packages #64377$$$$$$Fill out lsb_distrib_xxxx (best estimate) grains if problems with retrieving lsb_release data #64473$$$$$$Fixed an issue in the file.directory state where the children_only keyword argument was not being respected. #64497$$$$$$Move salt.ufw to correct location /etc/ufw/applications.d/ #64572$$$$$$Fixed salt-ssh stacktrace when retcode is not an integer #64575$$$$$$Fixed SSH shell seldomly fails to report any exit code #64588$$$$$$Fixed some issues in x509_v2 execution module private key functions #64597$$$$$$Fixed grp.getgrall() in utils/user.py causing performance issues #64888$$$$$$Fix user.list_groups omits remote groups via sssd; etc. #64953$$$$$$Ensure sync from _grains occurs before attempting pillar compilation in case custom grain used in pillar file #65027$$$$$$Moved gitfs locks to salt working dir to avoid lock wipes #65086$$$$$$Only attempt to create a keys directory when --gen-keys is passed to the salt-key CLI #65093$$$$$$Fix nonce verification; request server replies do not stomp on eachother. #65114$$$$$$speed up yumpkg list_pkgs by not requiring digest or signature verification on lookup. #65152$$$$$$Fix pkg.latest failing on windows for winrepo packages where the package is already up to date #65165$$$$$$Ensure kwarg is preserved when checking for kwargs. This change affects proxy minions when used with Deltaproxy; which had kwargs popped when targeting multiple minions id. #65179$$$$$$Fixes traceback when state id is an int in a reactor SLS file. #65210$$$$$$Install logrotate config as /etc/logrotate.d/salt-common for Debian packages Remove broken /etc/logrotate.d/salt directory from 3006.3 if it exists. #65231$$$$$$Use sha256 as the default hash_type. It has been the default since Salt v2016.9 #65287$$$$$$Preserve ownership on log rotation #65288$$$$$$Ensure that the correct value of jid_inclue is passed if the argument is included in the passed keyword arguments. #65302$$$$$$Uprade relenv to 0.14.2$$$$$$Update openssl to address CVE-2023-5363.$$$$$$Fix bug in openssl setup when openssl binary cant be found.$$$$$$Add M1 mac support. #65316$$$$$$Fix regex for filespec adding/deleting fcontext policy in selinux #65340$$$$$$Ensure CLI options take priority over Saltfile options #65358$$$$$$Test mode for state function saltmod.wheel no longer sets result to (None;) #65372$$$$$$Client only process events which tag conforms to an event return. #65400$$$$$$Fixes an issue setting user or machine policy on Windows when the Group Policy directory is missing #65411$$$$$$Fix regression in file module which was not re-using a file client. #65450$$$$$$pip.installed state will now properly fail when a specified user does not exists #65458$$$$$$Publish channel connect callback method properly closes its request channel. #65464$$$$$$Ensured the pillar in SSH wrapper modules is the same as the one used in template rendering when overrides are passed #65483$$$$$$Fix file.comment ignore_missing not working with multiline char #65501$$$$$$Warn when an un-closed transport client is being garbage collected. #65554$$$$$$Only generate the HMACs for libssl.so.1.1 and libcrypto.so.1.1 if those

SALT 3006.4 RELEASE NOTES$$$CHANGELOG$$$SECURITY$$$Fix CVE-2023-34049 by ensuring we do not use a predictable name for the script and correctly check returncode of scp command. This only impacts salt-ssh users using the pre-flight option. #cve-2023-34049$$$$$$Update to gitpython>=3.1.35 due to https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wfm5-v35h-vwf4 and https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cwvm-v4w8-q58c #65163$$$$$$Bump to cryptography==41.0.4 due to https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v8gr-m533-ghj9 #65268$$$$$$Upgrade relenv to 0.13.12 to address CVE-2023-4807 #65316$$$$$$Bump to urllib3==1.26.17 or urllib3==2.0.6 due to https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v845-jxx5-vc9f #65334$$$$$$Bump to gitpython==3.1.37 due to https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cwvm-v4w8-q58c #65383$$$$$$

SALT 3006.3 RELEASE NOTES$$$CHANGELOG$$$REMOVED$$$Fedora 36 support was removed because it reached EOL #64315$$$$$$Handle deprecation warnings:$$$$$$Switch to FullArgSpec since Py 3.11 no longer has ArgSpec; deprecated since Py 3.0$$$$$$Stop using the deprecated cgi module$$$$$$Stop using the deprecated pipes module$$$$$$Stop using the deprecated imp module #64553$$$$$$CHANGED$$$Replace libnacl with PyNaCl #64372$$$$$$Dont hardcode the python version on the Salt Package tests and on the pkg/debian/salt-cloud.postinst file #64553$$$$$$Some more deprecated code fixes:$$$$$$Stop using the deprecated locale.getdefaultlocale() function$$$$$$Stop accessing deprecated attributes$$$$$$pathlib.Path.__enter__() usage is deprecated and not required; a no-op #64565$$$$$$Bump to pyyaml==6.0.1 due to https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml/issues/601 and address lint issues #64657$$$$$$FIXED$$$Fix for assume role when used salt-cloud to create aws ec2. #52501$$$$$$fixes aptpkg module by checking for blank comps. #58667$$$$$$wheel.file_roots.find is now able to find files in subdirectories of the roots. #59800$$$$$$pkg.latest no longer fails when multiple versions are reported to be installed (e.g. updating the kernel) #60931$$$$$$Do not update the credentials dictionary in utils/aws.py while iterating over it; and use the correct delete functionality #61049$$$$$$fixed runner not having a proper exit code when runner modules throw an exception. #61173$$$$$$pip.list_all_versions now works with index_url and extra_index_url #61610$$$$$$speed up file.recurse by using prefix with cp.list_master_dir and remove an un-needed loop. #61998$$$$$$Preserve test=True condition while running sub states. #62590