CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-9353

HighCVSS 7.3
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.31%

23th percentile - higher than 23% of all known CVEs

Summary

A vulnerability was found in NousResearch hermes-agent up to version 2026.4.23 in an unknown function of the file agent/skills_guard.py in the Skills Guard Multi-Word Prompt Handler component. Manipulation of the argument THREAT_PATTERNS leads to injection. Remote exploitation is possible. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. The vendor was contacted but did not respond.

Risk Assessment

The risk involves potential remote execution of unauthorized operations via injection, which could lead to system integrity compromise and data leakage.

Recommendation

Immediately update hermes-agent to a version that fixes this vulnerability or apply temporary mitigations such as input validation in the Skills Guard component.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

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