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CVE-2026-17432

A vulnerability was detected in NousResearch hermes-agent 2026.6.5. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file hermes-agent/plugins/platforms/simplex/adapter.py of the component SimpleX Gateway Authorization. The manipulation of the argument contactId results in improper access controls. The attack may be launched remotely. A high complexity level is associated with this attack. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The exploit is now public and may be used. The p
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:7cf1bc2d3a548775ffe5f1fc220eabe4436eabafde5ae06dbc3de2b3b7cf0a27
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
2

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

cvss · 4 assertions

{"metric":{"baseScore":5,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","vectorString":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C","version":"3.0"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_0"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8359f94b5009a62245e73ecc60fa87e78713c050e8fe915f727a3220d7a801e4 · sha256:2301ca7cdf1f481e… · /containers/cna/metrics/2/cvssV3_0

{"metric":{"baseScore":5,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8359f94b5009a62245e73ecc60fa87e78713c050e8fe915f727a3220d7a801e4 · sha256:2301ca7cdf1f481e… · /containers/cna/metrics/1/cvssV3_1

{"metric":{"baseScore":4.6,"vectorString":"AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C","version":"2.0"},"metric_type":"cvssV2_0"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8359f94b5009a62245e73ecc60fa87e78713c050e8fe915f727a3220d7a801e4 · sha256:2301ca7cdf1f481e… · /containers/cna/metrics/3/cvssV2_0

{"metric":{"baseScore":2.3,"baseSeverity":"LOW","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P","version":"4.0"},"metric_type":"cvssV4_0"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8359f94b5009a62245e73ecc60fa87e78713c050e8fe915f727a3220d7a801e4 · sha256:2301ca7cdf1f481e… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0
cwe · 2 assertions

{"cweId":"CWE-284","description":"Improper Access Controls","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8359f94b5009a62245e73ecc60fa87e78713c050e8fe915f727a3220d7a801e4 · sha256:2301ca7cdf1f481e… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

{"cweId":"CWE-266","description":"Incorrect Privilege Assignment","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8359f94b5009a62245e73ecc60fa87e78713c050e8fe915f727a3220d7a801e4 · sha256:2301ca7cdf1f481e… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/1/descriptions/0

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:nousresearch:hermes-agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"],"modules":["SimpleX Gateway Authorization"],"product":"hermes-agent","vendor":"NousResearch","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"2026.6.5"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8359f94b5009a62245e73ecc60fa87e78713c050e8fe915f727a3220d7a801e4 · sha256:2301ca7cdf1f481e… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

4 source assertions
{"metric":{"baseScore":5,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","vectorString":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C","version":"3.0"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_0"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8359f94b5009a62245e73ecc60fa87e78713c050e8fe915f727a3220d7a801e4 · sha256:2301ca7cdf1f481e… · /containers/cna/metrics/2/cvssV3_0
{"metric":{"baseScore":5,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8359f94b5009a62245e73ecc60fa87e78713c050e8fe915f727a3220d7a801e4 · sha256:2301ca7cdf1f481e… · /containers/cna/metrics/1/cvssV3_1
{"metric":{"baseScore":4.6,"vectorString":"AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C","version":"2.0"},"metric_type":"cvssV2_0"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8359f94b5009a62245e73ecc60fa87e78713c050e8fe915f727a3220d7a801e4 · sha256:2301ca7cdf1f481e… · /containers/cna/metrics/3/cvssV2_0
{"metric":{"baseScore":2.3,"baseSeverity":"LOW","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P","version":"4.0"},"metric_type":"cvssV4_0"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8359f94b5009a62245e73ecc60fa87e78713c050e8fe915f727a3220d7a801e4 · sha256:2301ca7cdf1f481e… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0

CWE assertions

2 source assertions
{"cweId":"CWE-284","description":"Improper Access Controls","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8359f94b5009a62245e73ecc60fa87e78713c050e8fe915f727a3220d7a801e4 · sha256:2301ca7cdf1f481e… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
{"cweId":"CWE-266","description":"Incorrect Privilege Assignment","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8359f94b5009a62245e73ecc60fa87e78713c050e8fe915f727a3220d7a801e4 · sha256:2301ca7cdf1f481e… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/1/descriptions/0

Source references

9 source assertions
{"tags":["product"],"url":"https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8359f94b5009a62245e73ecc60fa87e78713c050e8fe915f727a3220d7a801e4 · sha256:2301ca7cdf1f481e… · /containers/cna/references/8
{"tags":["patch"],"url":"https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/commit/490c486ff65b766d9de0fe0e6f26e1778aaa8fb3"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8359f94b5009a62245e73ecc60fa87e78713c050e8fe915f727a3220d7a801e4 · sha256:2301ca7cdf1f481e… · /containers/cna/references/7
{"tags":["exploit","issue-tracking"],"url":"https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/44729"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8359f94b5009a62245e73ecc60fa87e78713c050e8fe915f727a3220d7a801e4 · sha256:2301ca7cdf1f481e… · /containers/cna/references/6
{"tags":["issue-tracking"],"url":"https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/44730"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8359f94b5009a62245e73ecc60fa87e78713c050e8fe915f727a3220d7a801e4 · sha256:2301ca7cdf1f481e… · /containers/cna/references/4
{"tags":["issue-tracking","patch"],"url":"https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/41246"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8359f94b5009a62245e73ecc60fa87e78713c050e8fe915f727a3220d7a801e4 · sha256:2301ca7cdf1f481e… · /containers/cna/references/5
{"name":"CVE-2026-17432 | CVE Analysis and Report","tags":["third-party-advisory"],"url":"https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-17432"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8359f94b5009a62245e73ecc60fa87e78713c050e8fe915f727a3220d7a801e4 · sha256:2301ca7cdf1f481e… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"name":"Submit #862424 | NousResearch hermes-agent 9121834b31984c2125738c7243792cbd2dc79df6 (unreleased origin/main, post-v2026.6.5) Authentication Bypass by Spoofing (CWE-290)","tags":["third-party-advisory"],"url":"https://vuldb.com/submit/862424"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8359f94b5009a62245e73ecc60fa87e78713c050e8fe915f727a3220d7a801e4 · sha256:2301ca7cdf1f481e… · /containers/cna/references/3
{"name":"VDB-383065 | NousResearch hermes-agent SimpleX Gateway Authorization adapter.py access control","tags":["vdb-entry","technical-description"],"url":"https://vuldb.com/vuln/383065"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8359f94b5009a62245e73ecc60fa87e78713c050e8fe915f727a3220d7a801e4 · sha256:2301ca7cdf1f481e… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"name":"VDB-383065 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA)","tags":["signature","permissions-required"],"url":"https://vuldb.com/vuln/383065/cti"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8359f94b5009a62245e73ecc60fa87e78713c050e8fe915f727a3220d7a801e4 · sha256:2301ca7cdf1f481e… · /containers/cna/references/1

Attribution and limitations

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