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DEBIAN-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...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 ruby-puppet-resource-api

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]

Debian:13 ruby-puppet-resource-api

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]

Debian:14 ruby-puppet-resource-api

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.0.1-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org