Vulnerability in NousResearch hermes-agent (CVE-2026-14617)
Summary
Vulnerability in NousResearch hermes-agent (CVE-2026-14617). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
A security vulnerability has been detected in NousResearch hermes-agent up to 2026.4.30. Affected is the function GatewayStreamConsumer._filter_and_accumulate of the file gateway/stream_consumer.py of the component Streaming Reasoning Tag Filter. The manipulation leads to improper handling of case sensitivity. The attack may be initiated remotely. The attack's complexity is rated as high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. The project decided to not implement a dedicated fix: "[T]he analysis and the fix are both sound. It just lands below the bar for the maintenance cost of a duplicated scrub path."
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-14617 has been found in NousResearch hermes-agent.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 3.1/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "NousResearch hermes-agent CVE-2026-14617" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-14617 (NousResearch hermes-agent) — CWE-178 / CVSS v3 3.1
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-178) exists in NousResearch hermes-agent.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of NousResearch hermes-agent.
Severity: Low (CVSS 3.1/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで NousResearch hermes-agent を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- advisory vuldb.com
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- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- advisory github.com
- patch github.com
- report gist.github.com
- report github.com
- report vuldb.com
- web github.com
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