CWE-459

Incomplete Cleanup

The product does not properly "clean up" and remove temporary or supporting resources after they have been used.

CVE-2026-6830 (GCVE-0-2026-6830)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-21 21:33 – Updated: 2026-04-22 13:43
VLAI
Title
Nesquena Hermes WebUI Environment Variable Credential Leakage via Profile Switch
Summary
nesquena hermes-webui contains an environment variable leakage vulnerability where profile switching does not clear environment variables from the previously active profile before loading the next profile. Attackers or users can exploit additive dotenv reload behavior to access provider API keys and other sensitive secrets from one profile context in another profile, breaking expected security isolation between profiles.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-668 - Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere
  • CWE-459 - Incomplete Cleanup
Assigner
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
nesquena hermes-webui Affected: 0 , < PR #351 (git)
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Date Public
2026-04-21 22:00
Credits
Chia Min Jun Lennon
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Mitigation

Phases: Architecture and Design, Implementation

Description:

  • Temporary files and other supporting resources should be deleted/released immediately after they are no longer needed.

No CAPEC attack patterns related to this CWE.

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