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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.
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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.
This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Jason St-Cyr