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Puppet Core 8.15.0 Released with Patches, Reporting Enhancements, and macOS Updates

The release of Puppet Core 8.15.0 is now available! This release delivers important security updates, enhancements to error reporting, and removes support for macOS 11 and 12 agents.

Highlights

  • Improved error messages: Puppet now reports when binary data is found in the catalogue, with clear file and line number references.
  • Security updates:
    • Removed libxslt and replaced nokogiri with libxml-ruby on macOS, addressing CVE-2025-7424 and CVE-2025-7425.
    • Patched the resolv gem to address CVE-2025-24294.
    • Confirmed libxml2 v2.14.5 is not affected by CVE-2025-7425.
  • Bug fix: Resolved glibc not found errors on SLES 15 systems by recompiling Ruby against an older glibc.
  • Deprecations: Agent support has been dropped for the following operating systems:
    • MacOS 11 Big Sur
    • MacOS 12 Monterey

For full details, please see the release notes: https://help.puppet.com/core/current/Content/PuppetCore/PuppetReleaseNotes/release_notes_puppet_x-8-15-0.htm.

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