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GHSA-7PXQ-5RJC-M2WR

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-26 13:30 – Updated: 2026-05-26 13:30

Details

A vulnerability was detected in NousResearch hermes-agent up to 2026.4.16. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Slack Agent/Mattermost Agent. The manipulation of the argument format_message results in escaping of output. The attack can be executed remotely. The exploit is now public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Severity ?

6.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

5.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

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CVE-2026-9354 (GCVE-0-2026-9354)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-24 04:15 – Updated: 2026-05-27 17:28

Title

NousResearch hermes-agent Slack Agent/Mattermost Agent escape output

Summary

Severity ?

6.9 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

6.5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R

6.5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R

CWE

CWE-116 - Escaping of Output
CWE-74 - Injection

Assigner

VulDB

References

URL

Tags

	https://vuldb.com/vuln/365317	vdb-entrytechnical-description
	https://vuldb.com/vuln/365317/cti	signaturepermissions-required
	https://vuldb.com/submit/812226	third-party-advisory
	https://gist.github.com/YLChen-007/e90fb38ac03284…	exploit

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	NousResearch	hermes-agent	Affected: 2026.4.0 Affected: 2026.4.1 Affected: 2026.4.2 Affected: 2026.4.3 Affected: 2026.4.4 Affected: 2026.4.5 Affected: 2026.4.6 Affected: 2026.4.7 Affected: 2026.4.8 Affected: 2026.4.9 Affected: 2026.4.10 Affected: 2026.4.11 Affected: 2026.4.12 Affected: 2026.4.13 Affected: 2026.4.14 Affected: 2026.4.15 Affected: 2026.4.16 cpe:2.3:a:nousresearch:hermes-agent::::::::

Credits

Eric-i (VulDB User) VulDB CNA Team

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-7PXQ-5RJC-M2WR

CVE-2026-9354 (GCVE-0-2026-9354)

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