Description
A vulnerability was identified in NousResearch hermes-agent up to 0.12.0. Affected by this vulnerability is the function _compress_context of the file run_agent.py. The manipulation leads to injection. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| NousResearch | hermes-agent | 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9, 0.10, 0.11, 0.12.0 | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | hermes-agent | <= 0.19.0 | — | GHSA-xq8w-9jvx-gm3v |
References
- VDB-367500 | NousResearch hermes-agent run_agent.py _compress_context injection vdb-entry technical-description
- VDB-367500 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA) signature permissions-required
- CVE-2026-10221 | CVE Analysis and Report third-party-advisory
- Submit #822019 | NousResearch hermes-agent <= 0.12.0 Injection (CWE-74) third-party-advisory
- https://gist.github.com/YLChen-007/d343fcfe2c009cd45f56dc475fd5ac03 exploit