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Consul-k8s adopts pre-configured k8s auth methods, GCP CIS policies land

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The day's most consequential work is in consul-k8s, where multi-dataplane clusters can finally bring their own Kubernetes auth method instead of letting server-acl-init overwrite it, plus 17 new GCP CIS benchmark policies for Terraform users.

add support to use a pre-configured k8s auth method hashicorp/consul-k8s

by shashankNandigama

Two new Helm values, global.acls.authMethod.name and global.acls.authMethod.create, let clusters consume a pre-existing Kubernetes auth method: Consul components read the custom name through CONSUL_LOGIN_AUTH_METHOD and the server-acl-init job now respects a pre-configured method rather than overwriting it. That unblocks multi-dataplane and multi-environment deployments that previously had to s...

Add GCP CIS benchmark policies for IAM, network, and compute hashicorp/prewritten-terraform-policy-library

by hashi-divyansh

Seventeen GCP CIS benchmark policies land across IAM (service account admin privileges, primitive project roles, service account and KMS role separation), network (default and legacy networks, SSH and RDP exposure, VPC Flow Logs), and compute (default service accounts and scopes, project-wide SSH keys, serial-port access, IP forwarding, Shielded VMs, public IPs), each with policytest.hcl tests ...

[VAULT-48659] docs: add Oracle plugin compatibility and Vault support matrix hashicorp/web-unified-docs

by abbyck

The Oracle plugin overview gains a compatibility matrix in the Vault v1.21.x and v2.x docs covering tested Oracle Instant Client families for Enterprise plugin releases 0.11.0+ent through 0.14.1+ent, and separates exact tested versions from untested 19.x combinations.

feat(metrics): add support for multiple service metrics endpoints annotation hashicorp/consul-k8s

by sanikachavan5

Consul-k8s now accepts multiple service metrics endpoints through an annotation, so a single service can expose more than one scrape target. There is no changelog entry or test checkbox yet on the PR.

Bump the gomod-backward-compatible group across 1 directory with 12 updates hashicorp/vault-secrets-operator

by dependabot

The rest is routine: a Dependabot group bump of 12 Go modules in vault-secrets-operator (including cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata 0.9.0 to 0.9.1 and github.com/onsi/gomega 1.42.1 to 1.43.1), minor consul and consul-k8s changes, and the tfc-agent 1.32.0 GA docs update.

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What shipped in HashiCorp on September 23, 2026?
The day's most consequential work is in consul-k8s, where multi-dataplane clusters can finally bring their own Kubernetes auth method instead of letting server-acl-init overwrite it, plus 17 new GCP CIS benchmark policies for Terraform users. In total, 40 commits and 21 pull requests landed.
Who contributed to HashiCorp on September 23, 2026?
11 developers shipped this update, including Zhihe Li, natalie-todd, Gowrav Thota, abbyck, shashankNandigama, sanikachavan5, Abhishek Yadav, and panman90, and 3 more.
What were the notable HashiCorp updates?
add support to use a pre-configured k8s auth method, Add GCP CIS benchmark policies for IAM, network, and compute, and [VAULT-48659] docs: add Oracle plugin compatibility and Vault support matrix.