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🛡️ CVE-2026-10222 — hermes-agent

🟡 CVSS 5.6 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-74 NVD
5.6
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

hermes-agent has an Injection issue

A security flaw has been discovered in NousResearch hermes-agent up to 2026.4.30. Affected by this issue is the function _sanitize_env_lines of the file hermes_cli/config.py. The manipulation results in injection. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The attack requires a high level of complexity. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, 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:H/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: High — the attacker first has to win a race, learn a secret or otherwise prepare the target.
  • 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-2026-10222 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-2026-10222 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • hermes-agent (fixed in 0.18.0)
  • unknown

Timeline and source

Published on 1 June 2026 and last revised on 28 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

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

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:

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:

Details

Severity LOW
CVSS Score 5.6
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE CWE-74
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2026-06-01
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-07-28
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
hermes-agent 0.18.0
unknown

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