CVSS 4.0
5.5 mediumCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:PCVE-2026-9353
Medium (5.5). EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in hermes-agent 0.15.0.
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.
Severity
CVSS 3.1
7.3 highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L- EPSS
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 23% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWEs
- CWE-74, CWE-707
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-238w-f66p-w349 | PyPI | hermes-agent | <0.15.0 | 0.15.0 |
| PYSEC-2026-2509 | PyPI | hermes-agent | <0.15.0 | 0.15.0 |