Jira (FACT-3198) Fact keys and values should not contain embedded null bytes

[Josh Cooper (Jira)]

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Josh Cooper created an issue   Facter / FACT-3198 Fact keys and values should not contain embedded null bytes Issue Type: Bug Assignee: Unassigned Created: 2023/04/18 12:18 PM Priority: Normal Reporter: Josh Cooper Facter 4 should scrub embedded null unicode code points from fact keys and values, because they cannot be stored in puppetdb, resuling in errors like the following when facts are stored in puppetdb: org.postgresql.util.PSQLException: ERROR: invalid byte sequence for encoding "UTF8": 0x00 To reproduce:   PS C:\Users\Administrator> cat .\external\msi_info.yaml --- msi_info: "Alteryx 2020.2 x64 Server (Remove only)\0e\0\0\0\x11": version: 2020.2.3.27789 vendor: Alteryx installdate: '' PS C:\Users\Administrator> facter --external-dir external msi_info { Alteryx 2020.2 x64 Server (Remove only)\u0000e\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0011 => { installdate => "", vendor => "Alteryx", version => "2020.2.3.27789" } } PS C:\Users\Administrator> facter --version 4.3.1 Add Comment   This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.20.11#820011-sha1:0629dd8) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Bugs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-bugs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-bugs/JIRA.484502.1681845533000.6531.1681845540037%40Atlassian.JIRA.