HIGH 7.3
GHSA-wm96-9gfh-vvgq
hermes-agent has a sandbox issue
Details
A vulnerability was identified in NousResearch hermes-agent up to 2026.4.16. This impacts the function execute_code of the file tools/code_execution_tool.py of the component Environment Variable Handler. Such manipulation leads to sandbox issue. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
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Affected packages
PyPI / hermes-agent
Introduced in:
0 Fixed in: 0.11.0 Fix
pip install --upgrade 'hermes-agent>=0.11.0' References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-9368 [ADVISORY]
- https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/commit/285bb2b9150b93445e5eded9bc897a4001b66e55 [WEB]
- https://gist.github.com/YLChen-007/43c72d19668421abe8ce10f299323a0a [WEB]
- https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent [PACKAGE]
- https://vuldb.com/submit/812229 [WEB]
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/365331 [WEB]
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/365331/cti [WEB]