🛡️ CVE-2026-10221 — hermes-agent

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity low, availability low.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

• Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
• Integrity impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
• Availability impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-10221 is classified as CWE-74: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection'). The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or…

Affected software

CVE-2026-10221 is recorded against 2 packages.

• hermes-agent
• unknown

Timeline and source

Published on 4 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
gist.github.com (Web)
github.com (Package)
vuldb.com (Web)
vuldb.com (Web)
vuldb.com (Web)
vuldb.com (Web)
pypi.org (Package)
github.com (Advisory)

Other advisories for this package

hermes-agent has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2026-10224 (published 4 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-53870 (published 13 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-53869 (8.0 High, published 13 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-10223 (2.0 Low, published 1 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2026-10222 (2.0 Low, published 1 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2026-9366 (published 26 May 2026)
• CVE-2026-9353 (published 26 May 2026)
• CVE-2026-9368 (published 26 May 2026)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-74: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')) in other software:

• CVE-2024-34062 (4.8 Medium, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2024-26020 (8.0 High, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-33234 (8.0 High, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2024-8862 (published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2025-3163 (5.3 Medium, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-32785 (9.5 Critical, published 29 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2023-39661 (9.5 Critical, published 29 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2025-27511 (7.2 High, published 18 Jun 2026)

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