CVE-2026-8804

mediumpriority · track · 0OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.001 · 1 %ileDEEU
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.11% (1st) EPSS
CVSS 6.7 · medium
Is it mine?
8 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.7
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v4.06.7mediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:Lsecondary · ENISA EU
v4.06.7mediumCVSS: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:Xsecondary · security@puppet.com
v4.04mediumCVSS: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:U/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:Xsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-312USCWE-313US
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affected products (8)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • WID-SEC-W-2026-2206Puppet: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Offenlegung von InformationenDeutsch2026-07-05csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Puppet ausnutzen, um Informationen offenzulegen.

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also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdcert_bundNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2026-07-03modified 2026-07-06
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references (3)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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