{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2026-8804","details":"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.","modified":"2026-07-09T17:15:46.354308329Z","published":"2026-07-03T08:16:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2026-8804"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-8804"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-8804"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet-resource_api/pull/384"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"ruby-puppet-resource-api","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:24.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/ruby-puppet-resource-api?arch=source&distro=noble"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.8.16-2","1.9.0-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"ruby-puppet-resource-api","binary_version":"1.9.0-1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-8804.json"}},{"package":{"name":"ruby-puppet-resource-api","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:25.10","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/ruby-puppet-resource-api?arch=source&distro=questing"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.9.0-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"ruby-puppet-resource-api","binary_version":"1.9.0-1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-8804.json"}},{"package":{"name":"ruby-puppet-resource-api","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:26.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/ruby-puppet-resource-api?arch=source&distro=resolute"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.9.0-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"1.9.0-1","binary_name":"ruby-puppet-resource-api"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-8804.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"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"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}