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CVE-2026-8804

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information for Puppet Resource API

Medium6.7EPSS 0.11%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
Perforce

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2026-8804, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
PerforceCNA (assigner)4.0Medium6.7CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L
NVDNVD · Awaiting Analysis4.0Medium6.7CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.11% · top 99% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.7.

Weakness

Affected products

  • Perforce · Puppet Core

    • affected 8.11.0 – ≤ 8.19.0
    • affected 8.0.0 – ≤ 8.10.0
    • unaffected 8.20.0

  • Perforce · Puppet Enterprise

    • affected 2023.8.0 – ≤ 2023.8.9
    • affected 2025.0.0 – ≤ 2025.10.0
    • unaffected 2023.8.10
    • unaffected 2025.11.0

What to do

Solution: Upgrade to Puppet Core 8.20.0, PE 2023.8.10, or PE 2025.11.0

References (1)

Sources

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