Hermes WebUI < 0.51.44 Path Traversal via Session Import Endpoint
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-22 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Hermes WebUI prior to 0.51.44 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the session import endpoint that allows authenticated attackers to read arbitrary files by importing a crafted session with an unrestricted workspace value. Attackers can supply a blocked filesystem root in the workspace field and subsequently use relative paths in the session file API to access any file readable by the WebUI process.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA hermes-webui (nesquena) Fixed in 0.51.44
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-22677
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wvw9-5wfm-7729
References
More nesquena vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-36807 Hermes WebUI < 0.51.358 Unauthenticated Password Takeover via /api/settings CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
- TI-2026-39885 Hermes WebUI < 0.51.468 - Resource Exhaustion via Unauthenticated OAuth Flow Endpoint CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2026-39878 Hermes WebUI < 0.51.443 - Cross-Profile Session Data Exfiltration via Session Export Endpoint CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.1
- TI-2026-39877 Hermes WebUI < 0.51.443 - Broken Access Control in /api/session Endpoint CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.1
- TI-2026-36799 Hermes WebUI < 0.51.269 Profile Isolation Bypass via sessions search CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.1
- TI-2026-09773 Hermes WebUI before 0.51.221 Path Traversal via Symlink Workspace Bypass CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.1
Sources
- CVE-2026-22677 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-22677 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wvw9-5wfm-7729 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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