CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-8804

MediumCVSS 6.7
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.08%

0th percentile - higher than 0% of all known CVEs

Summary

A vulnerability in Puppet resource_api causes sensitive parameters (e.g., passwords) to not be flagged as sensitive and are stored in cleartext in the agent's local transaction state cache. Affected versions include resource_api 1.5.0 through 1.9.1 and 2.0.0.

Risk Assessment

The organization risks exposure of confidential credentials, which could be read by unauthorized individuals with access to Puppet agent systems.

Recommendation

Immediately update the resource_api module to version 1.9.2 or 2.0.1, and upgrade Puppet Core to 8.20.0 or Puppet Enterprise to 2023.8.10 / 2025.11.0.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS