Blue Prism 7.1.1: September 2022

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About this release

The tables below summarize the components that relate directly to this Blue Prism Enterprise release.

Core components

The following components are included in the Blue Prism Enterprise installers:

Database

486

This release requires the Blue Prism database to be this version. This is the first Blue Prism release to use this database version.

Browser extensions
(Chrome, Firefox, and Edge)

See Browser extensions

For the latest compatibility information, see the browser compatibility matrix in the Blue Prism online documentation.

Additional components

The following components are available with this Blue Prism release, but must be installed separately if they are required in your Blue Prism environment:

Login Agent

7.1.1

No functional updates have been made to the Blue Prism Login Agent since Blue Prism 6.7. The Login Agent version that is provided with this release of Blue Prism has the same functionality as the version provided with Blue Prism 6.7.

Data Gateways engine

1.4

The Data Gateways engine version 1.4 must be installed to use Data Gateways with this version of Blue Prism.

Download the installer from the Blue Prism Portal via Product > Blue Prism Enterprise > Extras.

Blue Prism API

7.1.1

The Blue Prism API version installed must always be the same as the Blue Prism Enterprise version number to use the API.

Download the installer from the Blue Prism Portal via Product > Blue Prism Enterprise > Blue Prism 7.

Compatible Blue Prism Hub components and plugins

The following components are part of the Blue Prism Hub release, but are required to utilize specific Blue Prism functionality:

Authentication Server

4.6

This Blue Prism Enterprise release requires this version of Authentication Server to be able to leverage the related new features included in this release of Blue Prism.

For more information, see the Authentication Server configuration guide.

Control Room plugin

4.6

The Control Room plugin must be this version to leverage the features in this Blue Prism release. The Control Room plugin is dependent on the Blue Prism API.

For more information, see the Control Room plugin guide.

Applying this patch release

To upgrade to this version, this patch release must be applied to all the following components throughout your Blue Prism environment for it to be operational:

Interactive clients Runtime resources Application servers

Yes

Yes

Yes

Please review the upgrade notices for more details and before upgrading to this release.

Known issues

A list of any prominent issues with this release is maintained in the knowledge base – click here for more information.

Secure development policy

SS&C Blue Prism’s secure development process is a market-leading, embedded security culture, focused on delivering security excellence through four key principles:

  • Education – Providing up-to-date knowledge, information, and training to the development team.
  • Evaluation – Regular reviews of our products using industry standard frameworks and security tools.
  • Elimination – Remove potential threats through the evaluation of standards, compliance, and performance.
  • Evolution – Continued improvement of our security program, ensuring alignment with our product technologies and by reacting effectively to new and emerging threats.

SS&C Blue Prism secure development is based on OWASP ASVS, ISO 27034 and GDPR Article 25 standards and practices. For more information, see SS&C Blue Prism's comprehensive secure development process.

Blue Prism core components

The following enhancements, fixes, and minor improvements have been added to the Blue Prism core functionality in version 7.1.1:

Description of change

 Reference

The following Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) have been addressed:

  • CVE-2022-36115
  • CVE-2022-36116
  • CVE-2022-36117
  • CVE-2022-36118
  • CVE-2022-36119
  • CVE-2022-36120
  • CVE-2022-36121
  • CVE-2022-36662

For details of these CVEs, see Security Vulnerabilities August 2022 on the customer portal.

 BP-11870

The following security vulnerabilities have been addressed:

  • A potential issue involving SQL interpolation when copying a schedule via the Blue Prism API.

  • A potential issue involving SQL interpolation in when retrieving the details of a resource in Control Room.

BP-11937

BP-11938

Browser extensions

The table below shows when each Blue Prism extension compatible with this release was introduced, and the browser version against which they were evaluated. See the browser compatibility matrix for the latest browser versions evaluated.

Browser Blue Prism extension versions

Chrome

7.1

Edge Chromium

7.1

Firefox

7.1