v1.16.1

hashicorp/vaultv1.16.1Apr 4, 2024by hc-github-team-es-release-engineering

AI Summary

A bug fix release addressing LDAP authentication errors, CLI environment variable handling, and seal configuration reload logic.

Key Highlights

Fix LDAP login errors for anonymous bind and entity alias attributes.
CLI fix for Vault erroring out when HOME is not set.
Seal configuration reload fix (only applies when enable_multiseal is true).
Fix for database mount connection leaks.

Full Release Notes

## 1.16.1
### April 04, 2024

**Please note that Vault 1.16.1 is the first Enterprise release of the Vault Enterprise 1.16 series.**

BUG FIXES:

* auth/ldap: Fix login error for group search anonymous bind. [[GH-26200](https://github.com/hashicorp/vault/pull/26200)]
* auth/ldap: Fix login error missing entity alias attribute value. [[GH-26200](https://github.com/hashicorp/vault/pull/26200)]
* cli: fixed a bug where the Vault CLI would error out if HOME was not set. [[GH-26243](https://github.com/hashicorp/vault/pull/26243)]
* core: Only reload seal configuration when enable_multiseal is set to true. [[GH-26166](https://github.com/hashicorp/vault/pull/26166)]
* secret/database: Fixed race condition where database mounts may leak connections [[GH-26147](https://github.com/hashicorp/vault/pull/26147)]