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NVD Vulnerability Details :

CVE-2026-8804

Received

Source-security@puppet.com

Published At-03 Jul, 2026 | 08:16

Updated At-03 Jul, 2026 | 08:16

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.

Date Added	Due Date	Vulnerability Name	Required Action
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Type	Version	Base score	Base severity	Vector
Secondary	4.0	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/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

Type: Secondary

Version: 4.0

Base score: 6.7

Base severity: MEDIUM

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

Weaknesses

CWE ID	Type	Source
CWE-312	Secondary	security@puppet.com
CWE-313	Secondary	security@puppet.com

CWE ID: CWE-312

Type: Secondary

Source: security@puppet.com

CWE ID: CWE-313

Type: Secondary

Source: security@puppet.com

References

Hyperlink	Source	Resource
https://portal.perforce.com/s/cve/a91Qi000003511lIAA/cve20268804-cleartext-storage-of-sensitive-information-for-puppet-resource-api	security@puppet.com	N/A

Hyperlink: https://portal.perforce.com/s/cve/a91Qi000003511lIAA/cve20268804-cleartext-storage-of-sensitive-information-for-puppet-resource-api

Source: security@puppet.com

Resource: N/A

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