ruby-puppet-resource-api — security advisory

{
  "id": "6013e132d4a55a7f5589db9aff05b25424e137176ffeacd4739056a666744b85",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-8804",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-8804",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2026-8804",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "ruby-puppet-resource-api",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [],
        "affected_versions": [
          {
            "value": "1.8.16-2",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "1.9.0-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "ruby-puppet-resource-api",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [],
        "affected_versions": [
          {
            "value": "1.9.0-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/versions"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "ruby-puppet-resource-api",
          "evidence": "/affected/2/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [],
        "affected_versions": [
          {
            "value": "1.9.0-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/2/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "2.0.1-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/2/versions"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "ruby-puppet-resource-api",
          "evidence": "/affected/3/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [],
        "affected_versions": [
          {
            "value": "1.9.0-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/3/versions"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-8804",
      "aliases": [
        "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-8804"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "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"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "ruby-puppet-resource-api",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/ruby-puppet-resource-api?arch=source&distro=noble",
            "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:24.04:LTS"
          },
          "versions": [
            "1.8.16-2",
            "1.9.0-1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-8804.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "binaries": [
              {
                "binary_name": "ruby-puppet-resource-api",
                "binary_version": "1.9.0-1"
              }
            ]
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
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              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "ruby-puppet-resource-api",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/ruby-puppet-resource-api?arch=source&distro=questing",
            "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:25.10"
          },
          "versions": [
            "1.9.0-1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-8804.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "binaries": [
              {
                "binary_name": "ruby-puppet-resource-api",
                "binary_version": "1.9.0-1"
              }
            ]
          }
        },
        {
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                {
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              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "ruby-puppet-resource-api",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/ruby-puppet-resource-api?arch=source&distro=stonking",
            "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:26.10"
          },
          "versions": [
            "1.9.0-1",
            "2.0.1-1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-8804.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "binaries": [
              {
                "binary_name": "ruby-puppet-resource-api",
                "binary_version": "2.0.1-1"
              }
            ]
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "ruby-puppet-resource-api",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/ruby-puppet-resource-api?arch=source&distro=resolute",
            "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:26.04:LTS"
          },
          "versions": [
            "1.9.0-1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-8804.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "binaries": [
              {
                "binary_name": "ruby-puppet-resource-api",
                "binary_version": "1.9.0-1"
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-17T13:01:15.221885455Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2026-8804"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-8804",
        "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-8804",
        "https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet-resource_api/pull/384"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2026-8804",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 361382,
  "published_at": "2026-07-03T08:16:00+00:00"
}