CVE-2026-8804
6.7
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L
Summary
Puppet 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_api 1.9.2 and 2.0.1 released with Puppet Core 8.20.0 and PE 2023.8.10 & PE 2025.11.0.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perforce | Puppet Core | 8.11.0 <= 8.19.0 | affected |
| Perforce | Puppet Core | 8.0.0 <= 8.10.0 | affected |
| Perforce | Puppet Core | 8.20.0 | unaffected |
| Perforce | Puppet Enterprise | 2023.8.0 <= 2023.8.9 | affected |
| Perforce | Puppet Enterprise | 2025.0.0 <= 2025.10.0 | affected |
| Perforce | Puppet Enterprise | 2023.8.10 | unaffected |
| Perforce | Puppet Enterprise | 2025.11.0 | unaffected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-313: CWE-313 Cleartext storage in a file or on disk
- CWE-312: CWE-312 Cleartext storage of sensitive information
References
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