CVE-2026-8804

NameCVE-2026-8804
DescriptionPuppet resource_api (shipped in Puppet Core 8.x and Puppet Enterprise 2023.8.x and 2025.x) does not preserve the sensitive flag on parameters defined via the resource-api, causing values such as passwords to be stored in cleartext in the agent's local transaction state cache. Affected versions of the resource_api module include all versions between 1.5.0 - 1.9.1 and 2.0.0 The issue was fixed in puppet resource_apiĀ 1.9.2 and 2.0.1 released with Puppet Core 8.20.0 and PE 2023.8.10 & PE 2025.11.0.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
ruby-puppet-resource-api (PTS)bookworm1.8.16-2vulnerable
forky, sid, trixie1.9.0-1vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
ruby-puppet-resource-apisource(unstable)(unfixed)

Notes

https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet-resource_api/commit/74fc83412407888efb88f28f21c78ff7e6b11888 (v1.9.2)
https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet-resource_api/pull/384

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