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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 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.
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:ffaebda4c0bb8f4a257a1cb193c0551cd564448bb93b5e2613c3ab36b6f83e49
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
2

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

affected · 2 assertions

{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","modules":["puppet resource_api"],"product":"Puppet Enterprise","vendor":"Perforce","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"2023.8.9","status":"affected","version":"2023.8.0","versionType":"custom"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"2025.10.0","status":"affected","version":"2025.0.0","versionType":"custom"},{"status":"unaffected","version":"2023.8.10","versionType":"custom"},{"status":"unaffected","version":"2025.11.0","versionType":"custom"}]}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a813a23f47a5dbcbcc5d141164e0fcc8d23b97dde6edf295fe0a6b5e445fea39 · sha256:a26f0e89c3a53f33… · /containers/cna/affected/1

{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","modules":["puppet resource_api"],"product":"Puppet Core","vendor":"Perforce","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"8.19.0","status":"affected","version":"8.11.0","versionType":"custom"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"8.10.0","status":"affected","version":"8.0.0","versionType":"custom"},{"status":"unaffected","version":"8.20.0","versionType":"custom"}]}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a813a23f47a5dbcbcc5d141164e0fcc8d23b97dde6edf295fe0a6b5e445fea39 · sha256:a26f0e89c3a53f33… · /containers/cna/affected/0
cwe · 2 assertions

{"cweId":"CWE-313","description":"CWE-313 Cleartext storage in a file or on disk","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a813a23f47a5dbcbcc5d141164e0fcc8d23b97dde6edf295fe0a6b5e445fea39 · sha256:a26f0e89c3a53f33… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

{"cweId":"CWE-312","description":"CWE-312 Cleartext storage of sensitive information","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a813a23f47a5dbcbcc5d141164e0fcc8d23b97dde6edf295fe0a6b5e445fea39 · sha256:a26f0e89c3a53f33… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/1/descriptions/0

Affected products and versions

2 source assertions
{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","modules":["puppet resource_api"],"product":"Puppet Enterprise","vendor":"Perforce","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"2023.8.9","status":"affected","version":"2023.8.0","versionType":"custom"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"2025.10.0","status":"affected","version":"2025.0.0","versionType":"custom"},{"status":"unaffected","version":"2023.8.10","versionType":"custom"},{"status":"unaffected","version":"2025.11.0","versionType":"custom"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a813a23f47a5dbcbcc5d141164e0fcc8d23b97dde6edf295fe0a6b5e445fea39 · sha256:a26f0e89c3a53f33… · /containers/cna/affected/1
{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","modules":["puppet resource_api"],"product":"Puppet Core","vendor":"Perforce","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"8.19.0","status":"affected","version":"8.11.0","versionType":"custom"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"8.10.0","status":"affected","version":"8.0.0","versionType":"custom"},{"status":"unaffected","version":"8.20.0","versionType":"custom"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a813a23f47a5dbcbcc5d141164e0fcc8d23b97dde6edf295fe0a6b5e445fea39 · sha256:a26f0e89c3a53f33… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"Automatable":"NOT_DEFINED","Recovery":"NOT_DEFINED","Safety":"NOT_DEFINED","attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"NONE","attackVector":"LOCAL","baseScore":6.7,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","exploitMaturity":"NOT_DEFINED","privilegesRequired":"HIGH","providerUrgency":"NOT_DEFINED","subAvailabilityImpact":"LOW","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","valueDensity":"NOT_DEFINED","vectorString":"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","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"H…
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a813a23f47a5dbcbcc5d141164e0fcc8d23b97dde6edf295fe0a6b5e445fea39 · sha256:a26f0e89c3a53f33… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0

CWE assertions

2 source assertions
{"cweId":"CWE-313","description":"CWE-313 Cleartext storage in a file or on disk","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a813a23f47a5dbcbcc5d141164e0fcc8d23b97dde6edf295fe0a6b5e445fea39 · sha256:a26f0e89c3a53f33… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
{"cweId":"CWE-312","description":"CWE-312 Cleartext storage of sensitive information","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a813a23f47a5dbcbcc5d141164e0fcc8d23b97dde6edf295fe0a6b5e445fea39 · sha256:a26f0e89c3a53f33… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/1/descriptions/0

Source references

1 source assertion
{"url":"https://portal.perforce.com/s/cve/a91Qi000003511lIAA/cve20268804-cleartext-storage-of-sensitive-information-for-puppet-resource-api"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a813a23f47a5dbcbcc5d141164e0fcc8d23b97dde6edf295fe0a6b5e445fea39 · sha256:a26f0e89c3a53f33… · /containers/cna/references/0

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

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