# MinIO RELEASE.2021-12-27T07-23-18Z — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** MinIO (https://min.io)
- **Version:** RELEASE.2021-12-27T07-23-18Z
- **Released:** Dec 27, 2021
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/minio/updates/RELEASE.2021-12-27T07-23-18Z/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
MinIO RELEASE.2021-12-27T07-23-18Z. Source highlight: Click here to download the latest version of MinIO.

## New Features
- add configurable delta for skipping shards
- add healing for invalid shards by skipping the blocks

## Bug Fixes
- Priviledge escalation issue fixed in this release refer to our security advisory on this vulnerability. All users are advised to upgrade if they are public facing deployment. CVE-2021-43858
- Healing of shards that do not have aligned padding issue are fixed automatically in two locations one in "healing" and another during a "GetObject()" call - refer #13978, #13945
- fix: user privilege escalation bug
- fix: healing across pools removing dangling objects