CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-82020

MediumCVSS 6.8
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.33%

25th percentile - higher than 25% of all known CVEs

Summary

Hermes Agent versions 0.16.0 through prior to 0.17.0 contain 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.

Risk Assessment

The risk includes the possibility of credential theft or modification, potentially leading to unauthorized access to systems and data. Compromising the credential store integrity may result in privilege escalation or account takeover.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately upgrade Hermes Agent to version 0.17.0 or later, which contains the fix. Also, limit the influence on message content processed by the agent and monitor logs for suspicious file write operations.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS