Hermes WebUI < 0.51.269 Profile Isolation Bypass via sessions search
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
Hermes WebUI before version 0.51.269 contains a profile isolation bypass vulnerability that allows authenticated users to access data belonging to other profiles by querying the session search endpoint without active-profile filtering. Attackers can send requests to the sessions search handler to retrieve session titles and transcript message content from profiles other than their own active profile.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- 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 0.51.269
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-49956
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mgxw-v6rh-wcv6
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-2026-09773 Hermes WebUI before 0.51.221 Path Traversal via Symlink Workspace Bypass CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.1
- TI-2026-41892 Hermes WebUI < 0.51.521 - Cross-Profile Authorization Bypass via Unset Session Profile on Import CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.0
Sources
- CVE-2026-49956 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-49956 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mgxw-v6rh-wcv6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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