TI-2026-08203 Aliases CVE-2026-9353 GHSA-238w-f66p-w349

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

HIGH 70CWE-707Published 2026-05-24 · Updated 2026-05-26

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Attack requirements: None
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · Low · Low
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00305 23rd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA

Fix Fixed hermes-agent (PyPI): 0.15.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: Poc
Automatable: Yes
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
NousResearch	hermes-agent	2026.4.0; 2026.4.1; 2026.4.2; 2026.4.3; 2026.4.4; 2026.4.5; 2026.4.6; 2026.4.7; 2026.4.8; 2026.4.9; 2026.4.10; 2026.4.11; 2026.4.12; 2026.4.13; 2026.4.14; 2026.4.15; 2026.4.16; 2026.4.17; 2026.4.18; 2026.4.19; 2026.4.20; 2026.4.21; 2026.4.22; 2026.4.23	—	No fix listed	CNA
—	hermes-agent (PyPI)	before 0.15.0	0.15.0	Patch available	GHSA-238w-f66p-w349

hermes-agent VendorNousResearch Affected 2026.4.0; 2026.4.1; 2026.4.2; 2026.4.3; 2026.4.4; 2026.4.5; 2026.4.6; 2026.4.7; 2026.4.8; 2026.4.9; 2026.4.10; 2026.4.11; 2026.4.12; 2026.4.13; 2026.4.14; 2026.4.15; 2026.4.16; 2026.4.17; 2026.4.18; 2026.4.19; 2026.4.20; 2026.4.21; 2026.4.22; 2026.4.23 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
hermes-agent (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 0.15.0 Fixed in 0.15.0 Patch available GHSA-238w-f66p-w349

CPE names CNA · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:nousresearch:hermes-agent::::::::	—	—	NousResearch

cpe:2.3:a:nousresearch:hermes-agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·NousResearch

Remediation

Fix · GHSA-238w-f66p-w349 hermes-agent (PyPI) Fixed in 0.15.0 Advisory →

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-9353
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-238w-f66p-w349

References

Exploit 1

https://gist.github.com/YLChen-007/82a3539d6358842e69dfaef0a9fcf14a

Advisory 1

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-9353

Other 3

TI-2026-50258 Hermes Agent 0.18.2 - 0.21.0 RCE via git core.fsmonitor Config Injection CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.6
TI-2026-12325 NousResearch hermes-agent Live Webhook Endpoint base.py extract_media path traversal CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
TI-2026-08962 NousResearch hermes-agent Webhook Endpoint feishu.py _handle_webhook_request resource consumption CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
TI-2026-08959 NousResearch hermes-agent run_agent.py _compress_context injection CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
TI-2026-08958 NousResearch hermes-agent skills_tool.py skill_view injection CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
TI-2026-08218 NousResearch hermes-agent Environment Variable code_execution_tool.py execute_code sandbox CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9

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Sources

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