Is CVE-2026-8804 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2026-8804 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2026-8804?

CVE-2026-8804 has a CVSS v4 base score of 6.7 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2026-8804?

CVE-2026-8804 has an EPSS score of 0.08% (0th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix or mitigate CVE-2026-8804?

No published fix for CVE-2026-8804 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2026-8804

MEDIUM

6.7

CVSS v4

NVD

Description

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.

CWE-312 CWE-313

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

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CVSS v4 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredHigh

User InteractionNone

Impact

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/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:X

Exploit Intelligence

0.08%probability of exploitation in 30 days

0thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 0% of all known CVEs.

References

Other references1

portal.perforce.com

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2023-50719	High	7.5	84%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-26148	Critical	9.8	53%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-24577	High	7.5	19%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-27140	High	7.5	19%	-	-
CVE-2021-27176	High	7.5	19%	-	-
CVE-2021-27174	High	7.5	19%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-07-06.