Puppet Core 8.18.0

Released April 2026. This version of Puppet Core includes support for macOS 15 and improvements to help prevent security vulnerabilities.

New features and enhancements

Support for macOS 15

Support was added for macOS 15 (x86_64, ARM). PA-6741, PA-6767

Security updates

Update libxml2

Libxml2 was updated to 2.15.2 to address CVE-2026-0989, CVE-2026-0990, CVE-2026-0992, and CVE-2026-1757. PA-8125

Update zlib gem

The zlib gem was updated to 3.0.1 to address CVE-2026-27820. PA-8321

Update curl

Curl was updated to 8.19.0 to address CVE-2026-1965, CVE-2026-3783, CVE-2026-3784, and CVE-2026-3805. PA-8330