CVE-2026-9353
highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.003 · 23 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
A security vulnerability has been detected in NousResearch hermes-agent up to 2026.4.23. Impacted is an unknown function of the file agent/skills_guard.py of the component Skills Guard Multi-Word Prompt Handler. The manipulation of the argument THREAT_PATTERNS leads to injection. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–high · 2.7–7.5
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affected products (25)
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advisories (2)
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- GHSA-238w-f66p-w349hermes-agent has an Injection issue2026-05-26ghsa · osvUS
A security vulnerability has been detected in NousResearch hermes-agent up to 2026.4.23. Impacted is an unknown function of the file agent/skills_guard.py of the component Skills Guard Multi-Word Prompt Handler. The manipulation of the argument THREAT_PATTERNS leads to injection. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
- PYSEC-2026-2509hermes-agent has an Injection issue2026-07-13vendor · osvUS
A security vulnerability has been detected in NousResearch hermes-agent up to 2026.4.23. Impacted is an unknown function of the file agent/skills_guard.py of the component Skills Guard Multi-Word Prompt Handler. The manipulation of the argument THREAT_PATTERNS leads to injection. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
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references (13)
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- https://gist.github.com/YLChen-007/82a3539d6358842e69dfaef0a9fcf14acnnvd
- https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/releasesPatchcnnvd
- https://vuldb.com/submit/812216cnnvd
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/365316cnnvd
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/365316/cticnnvd
- https://gist.github.com/YLChen-007/82a3539d6358842e69dfaef0a9fcf14aenisa_euvd
- https://vuldb.com/submit/812216enisa_euvd
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/365316enisa_euvd
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