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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

National Vulnerability Database
  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-17432 Detail

Description

A vulnerability was detected in NousResearch hermes-agent 2026.6.5. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file hermes-agent/plugins/platforms/simplex/adapter.py of the component SimpleX Gateway Authorization. The manipulation of the argument contactId results in improper access controls. The attack may be launched remotely. A high complexity level is associated with this attack. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The exploit is now public and may be used. The patch is identified as 490c486ff65b766d9de0fe0e6f26e1778aaa8fb3. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
N/A
NVD assessment not yet provided.

Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score
CNA:  VulDB
CVSS-BT 1.3 LOW
Vector:  CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/ VulDB
https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/commit/490c486ff65b766d9de0fe0e6f26e1778aaa8fb3 VulDB
https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/44729 VulDB
https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/44730 VulDB
https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/41246 VulDB
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-17432 VulDB
https://vuldb.com/submit/862424 VulDB
https://vuldb.com/vuln/383065 VulDB
https://vuldb.com/vuln/383065/cti VulDB

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment VulDB  
CWE-284 Improper Access Control VulDB  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-17432
NVD Published Date:
07/25/2026
NVD Last Modified:
07/25/2026
Source:
VulDB