{"id":"CVE-2026-8804","aliases":["DEBIAN-CVE-2026-8804","EUVD-2026-41516","GHSA-rh7m-r3xm-v5xg","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-8804"],"status":"published","title":"Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information for Puppet Resource API","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 \u0026 PE 2025.11.0.","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":6.7,"vector":"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","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-11","score":0.00107,"percentile":0.01151,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-312","CWE-313"],"published":"2026-07-03T07:40:15Z","modified":"2026-10-17T13:01:15Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Debian:14","package":"ruby-puppet-resource-api","fixed_in":["2.0.1-1"],"sources":["osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:12","package":"ruby-puppet-resource-api","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.8.16-2","1.9.0-1","2.0.1-1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:13","package":"ruby-puppet-resource-api","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.9.0-1","2.0.1-1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:14","package":"ruby-puppet-resource-api","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.0.1-1"}]}],"versions":["1.9.0-1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:24.04:LTS","package":"ruby-puppet-resource-api","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.8.16-2","1.9.0-1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:25.10","package":"ruby-puppet-resource-api","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.9.0-1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:26.10","package":"ruby-puppet-resource-api","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.9.0-1","2.0.1-1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:26.04:LTS","package":"ruby-puppet-resource-api","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.9.0-1"]}],"products":[{"vendor":"perforce","product":"puppet core"},{"vendor":"perforce","product":"puppet enterprise"}],"references":[{"url":"https://portal.perforce.com/s/cve/a91Qi000003511lIAA/cve20268804-cleartext-storage-of-sensitive-information-for-puppet-resource-api"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8804"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rh7m-r3xm-v5xg"},{"url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-8804","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-8804","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-8804","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet-resource_api/pull/384","tags":["report"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-8804","title":"Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information for Puppet Resource API","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 \u0026 PE 2025.11.0.","status":"published","published":"2026-07-03T07:40:15.684Z","modified":"2026-07-06T15:21:55.981Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":6.7,"vector":"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","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-313","CWE-312"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T13:48:13.398044Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-41516","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 \u0026 PE 2025.11.0.","status":"published","published":"2026-07-03T07:40:15Z","modified":"2026-07-06T15:21:55Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":6.7,"vector":"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","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T18:20:13.172179Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-rh7m-r3xm-v5xg","title":"Puppet resource_api (shipped in Puppet Core 8.x and Puppet Enterprise 2023.8.x and 2025.x) does...","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 \u0026 PE 2025.11.0.","status":"published","published":"2026-07-03T09:31:28Z","modified":"2026-07-03T09:31:34Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":6.7,"vector":"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/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","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-312"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:09:13.018027Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-8804","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 \u0026 PE 2025.11.0.","status":"published","published":"2026-07-03T08:16:25.227Z","modified":"2026-07-06T19:48:53.947Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":6.7,"vector":"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/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","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-312","CWE-313"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:12:27.541515Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2026-8804","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 \u0026 PE 2025.11.0.","status":"published","published":"2026-07-03T08:16:25.227Z","modified":"2026-10-01T03:03:52.772571504Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":6.7,"vector":"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/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","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:05.506112Z"},{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2026-8804","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. 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