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CVE-2026-7397

A security flaw has been discovered in NousResearch hermes-agent 0.8.0. This affects the function _check_sensitive_path of the file tools/file_tools.py. The manipulation results in symlink following. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. Upgrading to version 0.9.0 is able to mitigate this issue. The patch is identified as 311dac197145e19e07df68feba2cd55d896a3cd1. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:cc11548c57122cabbf407eb894fd4a6c99b03c99e9e6b88ad7e31f7d972aec15
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":4.8,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/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:v2:2bfe92591852b02cdfab565ae4bb0e0d13977116369030817058dd660a8802ef · sha256:4261894f695a2025… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0

{"metric":{"baseScore":3.2,"vectorString":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/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:v2:2bfe92591852b02cdfab565ae4bb0e0d13977116369030817058dd660a8802ef · sha256:4261894f695a2025… · /containers/cna/metrics/3/cvssV2_0

{"metric":{"baseScore":4.4,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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:v2:2bfe92591852b02cdfab565ae4bb0e0d13977116369030817058dd660a8802ef · sha256:4261894f695a2025… · /containers/cna/metrics/1/cvssV3_1

{"metric":{"baseScore":4.4,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","vectorString":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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:v2:2bfe92591852b02cdfab565ae4bb0e0d13977116369030817058dd660a8802ef · sha256:4261894f695a2025… · /containers/cna/metrics/2/cvssV3_0
cwe · 2 assertions

{"cweId":"CWE-59","description":"Link Following","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:2bfe92591852b02cdfab565ae4bb0e0d13977116369030817058dd660a8802ef · sha256:4261894f695a2025… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/1/descriptions/0

{"cweId":"CWE-61","description":"Symlink Following","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:2bfe92591852b02cdfab565ae4bb0e0d13977116369030817058dd660a8802ef · sha256:4261894f695a2025… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"product":"hermes-agent","vendor":"NousResearch","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"0.8.0"},{"status":"unaffected","version":"0.9.0"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:2bfe92591852b02cdfab565ae4bb0e0d13977116369030817058dd660a8802ef · sha256:4261894f695a2025… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

4 source assertions
{"metric":{"baseScore":4.8,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/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:v2:2bfe92591852b02cdfab565ae4bb0e0d13977116369030817058dd660a8802ef · sha256:4261894f695a2025… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0
{"metric":{"baseScore":3.2,"vectorString":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/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:v2:2bfe92591852b02cdfab565ae4bb0e0d13977116369030817058dd660a8802ef · sha256:4261894f695a2025… · /containers/cna/metrics/3/cvssV2_0
{"metric":{"baseScore":4.4,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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:v2:2bfe92591852b02cdfab565ae4bb0e0d13977116369030817058dd660a8802ef · sha256:4261894f695a2025… · /containers/cna/metrics/1/cvssV3_1
{"metric":{"baseScore":4.4,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","vectorString":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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:v2:2bfe92591852b02cdfab565ae4bb0e0d13977116369030817058dd660a8802ef · sha256:4261894f695a2025… · /containers/cna/metrics/2/cvssV3_0

CWE assertions

2 source assertions
{"cweId":"CWE-59","description":"Link Following","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:2bfe92591852b02cdfab565ae4bb0e0d13977116369030817058dd660a8802ef · sha256:4261894f695a2025… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/1/descriptions/0
{"cweId":"CWE-61","description":"Symlink Following","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:2bfe92591852b02cdfab565ae4bb0e0d13977116369030817058dd660a8802ef · sha256:4261894f695a2025… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

8 source assertions
{"tags":["product"],"url":"https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:2bfe92591852b02cdfab565ae4bb0e0d13977116369030817058dd660a8802ef · sha256:4261894f695a2025… · /containers/cna/references/7
{"tags":["patch"],"url":"https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/commit/311dac197145e19e07df68feba2cd55d896a3cd1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:2bfe92591852b02cdfab565ae4bb0e0d13977116369030817058dd660a8802ef · sha256:4261894f695a2025… · /containers/cna/references/5
{"tags":["exploit","issue-tracking"],"url":"https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/8734"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:2bfe92591852b02cdfab565ae4bb0e0d13977116369030817058dd660a8802ef · sha256:4261894f695a2025… · /containers/cna/references/3
{"tags":["issue-tracking","patch"],"url":"https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/8829"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:2bfe92591852b02cdfab565ae4bb0e0d13977116369030817058dd660a8802ef · sha256:4261894f695a2025… · /containers/cna/references/4
{"tags":["patch"],"url":"https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/releases/tag/v2026.4.13"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:2bfe92591852b02cdfab565ae4bb0e0d13977116369030817058dd660a8802ef · sha256:4261894f695a2025… · /containers/cna/references/6
{"name":"Submit #803270 | NousResearch hermes-agent 0.8.0 Path Write Protection Bypass","tags":["third-party-advisory"],"url":"https://vuldb.com/submit/803270"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:2bfe92591852b02cdfab565ae4bb0e0d13977116369030817058dd660a8802ef · sha256:4261894f695a2025… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"name":"VDB-360121 | NousResearch hermes-agent file_tools.py _check_sensitive_path symlink","tags":["vdb-entry","technical-description"],"url":"https://vuldb.com/vuln/360121"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:2bfe92591852b02cdfab565ae4bb0e0d13977116369030817058dd660a8802ef · sha256:4261894f695a2025… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"name":"VDB-360121 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA)","tags":["signature","permissions-required"],"url":"https://vuldb.com/vuln/360121/cti"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:2bfe92591852b02cdfab565ae4bb0e0d13977116369030817058dd660a8802ef · sha256:4261894f695a2025… · /containers/cna/references/1

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