CVE-2026-8804 (GCVE-0-2026-8804)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-03 07:40 – Updated: 2026-07-03 07:43
VLAI
Title
Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information for Puppet Resource API
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.
Severity
6.7 (Medium)
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
CWE
  • CWE-313 - Cleartext storage in a file or on disk
  • CWE-312 - Cleartext storage of sensitive information
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Perforce Puppet Core Affected: 8.11.0 , ≤ 8.19.0 (custom)
Affected: 8.0.0 , ≤ 8.10.0 (custom)
Unaffected: 8.20.0 (custom)
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Perforce Puppet Enterprise Affected: 2023.8.0 , ≤ 2023.8.9 (custom)
Affected: 2025.0.0 , ≤ 2025.10.0 (custom)
Unaffected: 2023.8.10 (custom)
Unaffected: 2025.11.0 (custom)
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Date Public
2026-06-26 19:30
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