HIGH 7.6 NVD
CVE-2026-82020
Hermes Agent 0.16.0 prior to 0.17.0 contains an improper path restriction vulnerability that allows attackers who can influence ingested message content to over
Hermes Agent 0.16.0 prior to 0.17.0 contains an improper path restriction vulnerability that allows attackers who can influence ingested message content to overwrite the credential store by bypassing sensitive-path guards that excluded the auth.json file. Attackers can craft malicious messages directing the agent's file-write tooling to overwrite the credential store without triggering any path-based protection, enabling credential tampering or unauthorized access.
References
- https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/commit/2b67e96aec2aa2abd5e94b544cda8e564c75f9
- https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/commit/da28d5d113956dcf803d5cff552a120740a96a
- https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/45821
- https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/releases/tag/v2026.6.19
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hermes-agent-credential-store-overwrite-via-file-writ
This high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.6 was published on 2026-08-28 via NVD.
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