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Medium, CVSS 5.5amended

hermes-agent has an Injection issue

CVE-2026-10221GHSA-xq8w-9jvx-gm3v

What to do

Vendor response not established. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check back for a fix.

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Affected packages

  • PyPI hermes-agent

    Affected
    <= 0.19.0
    Fixed in
    no fixed version recorded

Sources

Severity and exploitation
Exploitation
No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.
CVSS 4.0
5.5 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P · score source
EPSS
  • CVE-2026-10221: 0.30% estimated exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 23.29 (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-03). This is a model estimate, not proof of exploitation or customer exposure.
Source description

As published by the source; long descriptions are shortened.

A vulnerability was identified in NousResearch hermes-agent up to 0.12.0. Affected by this vulnerability is the function compresscontext of the file runagent.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.

Dates and revisions
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Last modified by the source
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  1. Revision 3 · amended ·

    Amended from ghsa record GHSA-xq8w-9jvx-gm3v

  2. Revision 2 · amended ·

    Reviewed OSV alias/range/CVSS4 correction; package source scopes and original publication preserved. No customer finding resolved.

  3. Revision 1 · created ·

    Published from osv record GHSA-xq8w-9jvx-gm3v

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# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2026-10221

Advisory: hermes-agent has an Injection issue
IDs: CVE-2026-10221, GHSA-xq8w-9jvx-gm3v
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2026-10221 (revision 3, source checked 26 Oct 2026, 13:50 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.5)
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Vendor response not established. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- PyPI hermes-agent: affected <= 0.19.0

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- `python -m pip show hermes-agent`: prints the installed version. Run with the environment that serves production active.

## Supported action
No complete vendor fix is recorded. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check this record again before closing anything.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on hermes-agent.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-xq8w-9jvx-gm3v (OSV record GHSA-xq8w-9jvx-gm3v lists affected ranges: PyPI hermes-agent >=0 <=0.19.0)
- Verified: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xq8w-9jvx-gm3v (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-xq8w-9jvx-gm3v lists affected ranges: PyPI hermes-agent >=0 <=0.19.0)

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