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CVE-2026-7397

MEDIUM

4.4

Description

A security flaw has been discovered in NousResearch hermes-agent 0.8.0. This affects the function _check_sensitive_path of the file tools/file_tools.py. The manipulation results in symlink following. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. Upgrading to version 0.9.0 is able to mitigate this issue. The patch is identified as 311dac197145e19e07df68feba2cd55d896a3cd1. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score4.4

SeverityMEDIUM

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

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published4/29/2026

Last Modified4/29/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-59CWE-61

References

https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/(cna@vuldb.com)

https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/commit/311dac197145e19e07df68feba2cd55d896a3cd1(cna@vuldb.com)

https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/8734(cna@vuldb.com)

https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/8829(cna@vuldb.com)

https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/releases/tag/v2026.4.13(cna@vuldb.com)

https://vuldb.com/submit/803270(cna@vuldb.com)

https://vuldb.com/vuln/360121(cna@vuldb.com)

https://vuldb.com/vuln/360121/cti(cna@vuldb.com)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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