CVE catalog
CVE-2026-8804
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 passw
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 6.7
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.11% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | ruby-puppet-resource-api | sid | 2.0.1-1 | fixed |
| Debian | ruby-puppet-resource-api | forky | 2.0.1-1 | fixed |
| Debian | ruby-puppet-resource-api | trixie | 1.9.0-1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | ruby-puppet-resource-api | bookworm | 1.8.16-2 | vulnerable |
| Cpe | ruby-puppet-resource-api | Not reported | Not reported | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | ruby-puppet-resource-api | source | sid | 2.0.1-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1141432] |
| Debian | ruby-puppet-resource-api | source | forky | 2.0.1-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1141432] |
| Debian | ruby-puppet-resource-api | source | trixie | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1141432] |
| Debian | ruby-puppet-resource-api | source | bookworm | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1141432] |
Notes
[trixie] ruby-puppet-resource-api: Minor issue [bookworm] ruby-puppet-resource-api: Minor issue; local-only cleartext exposure, values land in the 0640 root-owned $vardir/state/transactionstore.yaml, and only for provider modules written against the Resource API that declare sensitive parameters
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [ruby-puppet-resource-api]Affected
Details (2)
1.8.16-2· all · bookwormAffected
nvd · ruby-puppet-resource-api · debian · bookworm; nvd · ruby-puppet-resource-api · debian · 12
1.8.16-2· all · bookwormAffected
nvd · ruby-puppet-resource-api · debian · bookworm; nvd · ruby-puppet-resource-api · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [ruby-puppet-resource-api]Affected
Details (2)
1.9.0-1· all · trixieAffected
nvd · ruby-puppet-resource-api · debian · 13
1.9.0-1· all · trixieAffected
nvd · ruby-puppet-resource-api · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8804]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-8804]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-8804]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-8804.json]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2026/wid-sec-w-2026-2206.json]
[CERT-Bund public advisories] · [Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [National Vulnerability Database (NVD)] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX]