UBUNTU-CVE-2026-8804

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-8804
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-8804.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-8804
Upstream
  • CVE-2026-8804
Published
2026-07-03T08:16:00Z
Modified
2026-07-09T17:15:46Z
Severity
  • 6.7 (Medium) CVSS_V4 - 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 CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / ruby-puppet-resource-api

Package

Name
ruby-puppet-resource-api
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ruby-puppet-resource-api?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
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"

Ubuntu:25.10 / ruby-puppet-resource-api

Package

Name
ruby-puppet-resource-api
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ruby-puppet-resource-api?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
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"

Ubuntu:26.04:LTS / ruby-puppet-resource-api

Package

Name
ruby-puppet-resource-api
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ruby-puppet-resource-api?arch=source&distro=resolute

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
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"