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CVE-2026-9353 (GCVE-0-2026-9353)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-24 03:45 – Updated: 2026-05-26 13:30

Title

NousResearch hermes-agent Skills Guard Multi-Word Prompt skills_guard.py injection

Summary

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

6.9 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS: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:P

7.3 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R

7.3 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-05-26 13:30 UTC

CWE

CWE-74 - Injection
CWE-707 - Improper Neutralization

Assigner

VulDB

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://vuldb.com/vuln/365316	vdb-entrytechnical-description
https://vuldb.com/vuln/365316/cti	signaturepermissions-required
https://vuldb.com/submit/812216	third-party-advisory
https://gist.github.com/YLChen-007/82a3539d635884…	exploit

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
NousResearch	hermes-agent	Affected: 2026.4.0 Affected: 2026.4.1 Affected: 2026.4.2 Affected: 2026.4.3 Affected: 2026.4.4 Affected: 2026.4.5 Affected: 2026.4.6 Affected: 2026.4.7 Affected: 2026.4.8 Affected: 2026.4.9 Affected: 2026.4.10 Affected: 2026.4.11 Affected: 2026.4.12 Affected: 2026.4.13 Affected: 2026.4.14 Affected: 2026.4.15 Affected: 2026.4.16 Affected: 2026.4.17 Affected: 2026.4.18 Affected: 2026.4.19 Affected: 2026.4.20 Affected: 2026.4.21 Affected: 2026.4.22 Affected: 2026.4.23 cpe:2.3:a:nousresearch:hermes-agent::::::::

Credits

Eric-i (VulDB User) VulDB CNA Team

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FKIE_CVE-2026-9353

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-05-24 05:16 - Updated: 2026-06-17 11:05

Severity

7.3 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Summary

References

	URL	Tags
	cna@vuldb.com	https://gist.github.com/YLChen-007/82a3539d6358842e69dfaef0a9fcf14a
	cna@vuldb.com	https://vuldb.com/submit/812216
	cna@vuldb.com	https://vuldb.com/vuln/365316
	cna@vuldb.com	https://vuldb.com/vuln/365316/cti

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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          "modifiedSubAvailabilityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
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}

GHSA-238W-F66P-W349

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-26 13:30 – Updated: 2026-06-30 15:25

Summary

hermes-agent has an Injection issue

Details

Severity

7.3 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

5.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS: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:P

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "hermes-agent"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "0.15.0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-9353"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-74"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-06-30T15:25:43Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-05-24T05:16:40Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-238w-f66p-w349",
  "modified": "2026-06-30T15:25:43Z",
  "published": "2026-05-26T13:30:30Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-9353"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/26852"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/commit/7ebebfbb8d10937cbf2219b4cf5e121b71e67428"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://gist.github.com/YLChen-007/82a3539d6358842e69dfaef0a9fcf14a"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://vuldb.com/submit/812216"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://vuldb.com/vuln/365316"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://vuldb.com/vuln/365316/cti"
    }
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    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS: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:P",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "hermes-agent has an Injection issue"
}

PYSEC-2026-2509

Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2026-07-13 15:19 - Updated: 2026-07-13 16:04

Details

Severity

7.3 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

5.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS: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:P

Impacted products

Name	purl
hermes-agent	pkg:pypi/hermes-agent

Aliases

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "hermes-agent",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/hermes-agent"
      },
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        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "0.15.0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "0.13.0",
        "0.14.0"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-9353",
    "GHSA-238w-f66p-w349"
  ],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "PYSEC-2026-2509",
  "modified": "2026-07-13T16:04:16.487455Z",
  "published": "2026-07-13T15:19:11.874592Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-9353"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/26852"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/commit/7ebebfbb8d10937cbf2219b4cf5e121b71e67428"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://gist.github.com/YLChen-007/82a3539d6358842e69dfaef0a9fcf14a"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://vuldb.com/submit/812216"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://vuldb.com/vuln/365316"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://vuldb.com/vuln/365316/cti"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://pypi.org/project/hermes-agent"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-238w-f66p-w349"
    }
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS: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:P",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "hermes-agent has an Injection issue"
}

Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.

The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base model, served locally by ML-Gateway. They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.

Action not permitted

CVE-2026-9353 (GCVE-0-2026-9353)

FKIE_CVE-2026-9353

GHSA-238W-F66P-W349

PYSEC-2026-2509

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Nomenclature