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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

National Vulnerability Database
  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-7397 Detail

Description

A security flaw has been discovered in NousResearch hermes-agent 0.8.0. This affects the function _check_sensitive_path of the file tools/file_tools.py. The manipulation results in symlink following. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. Upgrading to version 0.9.0 is able to mitigate this issue. The patch is identified as 311dac197145e19e07df68feba2cd55d896a3cd1. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
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Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score
CNA:  VulDB
CVSS-BT 1.9 LOW
Vector:  CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/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/311dac197145e19e07df68feba2cd55d896a3cd1 VulDB
https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/8734 VulDB
https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/8829 VulDB
https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/releases/tag/v2026.4.13 VulDB
https://vuldb.com/submit/803270 VulDB
https://vuldb.com/vuln/360121 VulDB
https://vuldb.com/vuln/360121/cti VulDB

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') VulDB  
CWE-61 UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following VulDB  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-7397
NVD Published Date:
04/29/2026
NVD Last Modified:
04/29/2026
Source:
VulDB