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Release notes for the Security Profiles Operator

The Security Profiles Operator provides a way to define secure computing (seccomp) and SELinux profiles as custom resources, synchronizing profiles to every node in a given namespace.

These release notes track the development of the Security Profiles Operator in OpenShift Container Platform.

Release notes for Security Profiles Operator 0.10.0​

Release notes for Security Profiles Operator 0.10.0.

The following Red Hat Security Advisory (RHSA) is available for the Security Profiles Operator 0.10.0: RHSA-2026:2852 - OpenShift Security Profiles Operator update

Bug fixes​

  • In some instances, using Security Profiles Operator (SPO) 0.9.0 with OpenShift Container Platform version 4.20 and above caused SPO to create the profilerecording resource but the workload would fail. Failure of the workload prevented the creation of the needed container for running the Operator. With the 0.10.0 release of SPO, the profilerecording resource is reliably created, therefore the needed container for running the Operator is reliably created (CMP-3537).
  • For version 0.9.0 of Security Profiles Operator (SPO), the spod pods would fail to run with the error message fsmount:fscontext:proc/: could not get mount id: operation not permitted. With the release of version 0.10.0, the spod pods run reliably. CMP-4007.
  • In releases of SPO 0.9.0 and earlier, there was a bug in syntax of the selinux usage. With this release of SPO, the change is from <policyName>_.process to <policyName>.process. The new syntax omits the _. Examples in the documentation now show this updated usage. CMP-4104

New features and enhancements​

  • With the release of SPO v0.10.0, the Operator now supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS (RHCOS) 10 containers. CMP-4033
  • In this release of the Security Profiles Operator, the Advanced Audit Logging Framework is available as a General Availability (GA) feature. The Advanced Audit Logging Framework uses the Audit JSON Log Enricher to capture and log terminal-based command activity in Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS (RHCOS) containers, including oc rsh, oc exec, and oc debug commands. For more details, see Advanced Audit Logging Framework.

Release notes for Security Profiles Operator 0.9.0​

Release notes for Security Profiles Operator 0.9.0.

The following Red Hat Bug Fix Advisory (RHBA) is available for the Security Profiles Operator 0.9.0: RHBA-2025:15655 - OpenShift Security Profiles Operator update

This update manages security profiles as cluster-wide resources rather than namespace resources. To update Security Profiles Operator to a version later than 0.8.6 requires manual migration. For migration instructions, see Security Profiles Operator 0.9.0 Update Migration Guide.

Bug fixes​

  • Before this update, the spod pods could fail to start and enter into a CrashLoopBackOff state due to an error in parsing the semanage configuration file. A change to the RHEL 9 image naming convention beginning in OpenShift Container Platform 4.19 causes this issue. (OCPBUGS-55829)
  • Before this update, the Security Profiles Operator would fail to apply a RawSelinuxProfile to newly added nodes due to a reconciler type mismatch error. With this update, the Operator now correctly handles RawSelinuxProfile objects and applies policies to all nodes as expected. (OCPBUGS-33718)

Release notes for Security Profiles Operator 0.8.6​

Release notes for Security Profiles Operator 0.8.6.

The following Red Hat Bug Fix Advisory (RHBA) is available for the Security Profiles Operator 0.8.6:

This update includes upgraded dependencies in underlying base images.

Release notes for Security Profiles Operator 0.8.5​

Release notes for Security Profiles Operator 0.8.5.

The following Red Hat Bug Fix Advisory (RHBA) is available for the Security Profiles Operator 0.8.5:

Bug fixes​

  • When attempting to install the Security Profiles Operator from the web console, the option to enable Operator-recommended cluster monitoring was unavailable for the namespace. With this update, you can now enabled Operator-recommend cluster monitoring in the namespace. (OCPBUGS-37794)
  • Before this update, the Security Profiles Operator would intermittently be not visible in the OperatorHub, which caused limited access to install the Operator through the web console. With this update, the Security Profiles Operator is present in the OperatorHub.

Release notes for Security Profiles Operator 0.8.4​

Release notes for Security Profiles Operator 0.8.4.

The following Red Hat Bug Fix Advisory (RHBA) is available for the Security Profiles Operator 0.8.4:

This update addresses CVEs in underlying dependencies.

New features and enhancements​

Release notes for Security Profiles Operator 0.8.2​

Release notes for Security Profiles Operator 0.8.2.

The following Red Hat Bug Fix Advisory (RHBA) is available for the Security Profiles Operator 0.8.2:

Bug fixes​

  • Before this update, SELinuxProfile objects did not inherit custom attributes from the same namespace. With this update, SELinuxProfile object attributes inherit from the same namespace as expected. (OCPBUGS-17164)
  • Before this update, RawSELinuxProfile objects would hang during the creation process and would not reach an Installed state. With this update, the operator creates RawSELinuxProfile objects successfully. (OCPBUGS-19744)
  • Before this update, patching the enableLogEnricher to true would cause the seccompProfile log-enricher-trace pods to remain in a Pending state. With this update, log-enricher-trace pods reach an Installed state as expected. (OCPBUGS-22182)
  • Before this update, the Security Profiles Operator generated high cardinality metrics, causing Prometheus pods using high amounts of memory. With this update, the following metrics will no longer apply in the Security Profiles Operator namespace:
    • rest_client_request_duration_seconds
    • rest_client_request_size_bytes
    • rest_client_response_size_bytes (OCPBUGS-22406)

Release notes for Security Profiles Operator 0.8.0​

Release notes for Security Profiles Operator 0.8.0.

The following Red Hat Bug Fix Advisory (RHBA) is available for the Security Profiles Operator 0.8.0:

Bug fixes​

  • Before this update, while trying to install Security Profiles Operator in a disconnected cluster, the secure hash algorithms (SHAs) provided were wrong due to an SHA relabeling issue. With this update, the secure hash algorithms work consistently with disconnected environments. (OCPBUGS-14404)

Release notes for Security Profiles Operator 0.7.1​

Release notes for Security Profiles Operator 0.7.1.

The following Red Hat Security Advisory (RHSA) is available for the Security Profiles Operator 0.7.1:

New features and enhancements​

  • Security Profiles Operator (SPO) now automatically selects the appropriate selinuxd image for RHEL 8- and 9-based Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS (RHCOS) systems.

    warning

    Users that mirror images for disconnected environments must mirror both selinuxd images provided by the Security Profiles Operator.

  • You can now enable memory optimization inside of an spod daemon. For more information, see Enabling memory optimization in the spod daemon.

    note

    SPO memory optimization is not enabled by default.

  • The daemon resource requirements are now configurable. For more information, see Customizing daemon resource requirements.

  • The priority class name is now configurable in the spod configuration. For more information, see Setting a custom priority class name for the spod daemon pod.

Deprecated and removed features​

  • The default nginx-1.19.1 seccomp profile is now removed from the Security Profiles Operator deployment.

Bug fixes​

  • Before this update, a Security Profiles Operator (SPO) SELinux policy did not inherit low-level policy definitions from the container template. If you selected another template, such as net_container, the policy would not work because it required low-level policy definitions that only existed in the container template. This issue occurred when the SPO SELinux policy attempted to translate SELinux policies from the SPO custom format to the Common Intermediate Language (CIL) format. With this update, the container template appends to any SELinux policies that require translation from SPO to CIL. Additionally, the SPO SELinux policy can inherit low-level policy definitions from any supported policy template. (OCPBUGS-12879)

Known issue​

  • When uninstalling the Security Profiles Operator, the MutatingWebhookConfiguration object is not deleted and must be manually removed. As a workaround, delete the MutatingWebhookConfiguration object after uninstalling the Security Profiles Operator. For these steps, see Uninstalling the Security Profiles Operator. (OCPBUGS-4687)

Release notes for Security Profiles Operator 0.5.2​

Release notes for Security Profiles Operator 0.5.2.

The following Red Hat Bug Fix Advisory (RHBA) is available for the Security Profiles Operator 0.5.2:

This update addresses a CVE in an underlying dependency.

Known issue​

  • When uninstalling the Security Profiles Operator, the MutatingWebhookConfiguration object is not deleted and must be manually removed. As a workaround, delete the MutatingWebhookConfiguration object after uninstalling the Security Profiles Operator. For these steps, see Uninstalling the Security Profiles Operator. (OCPBUGS-4687)

Release notes for Security Profiles Operator 0.5.0​

Release notes for Security Profiles Operator 0.5.0.

The following Red Hat Bug Fix Advisory (RHBA) is available for the Security Profiles Operator 0.5.0:

Known issue​

  • When uninstalling the Security Profiles Operator, the MutatingWebhookConfiguration object is not deleted and must be manually removed. As a workaround, delete the MutatingWebhookConfiguration object after uninstalling the Security Profiles Operator. For these steps, see Uninstalling the Security Profiles Operator. (OCPBUGS-4687)

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