Hermes WebUI before version 0.51.303 contains a time-of-check time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition vulnerability in the git_discard function within api/workspace_git.py that allows attackers to delete files outside the configured workspace boundary by replacing a validated path component with a symlink after validation but before deletion. Attackers can substitute a workspace-controlled path component with a symlink pointing to an external directory between the safe_resolve_ws() validation step and the subsequent Path.unlink() or shutil.rmtree() deletion call, causing the delete operation to follow the symlink and remove arbitrary files outside the workspace.
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hermes-webui-toctou-race-condition-via-git-discard
https://github.com/nesquena/hermes-webui/releases/tag/v0.51.303
https://github.com/nesquena/hermes-webui/pull/3756
https://github.com/nesquena/hermes-webui/pull/3702
https://github.com/nesquena/hermes-webui/commit/4580f584964d640b95c4ffc9245a21ab926bec73
Published: 2026-06-09
Updated: 2026-06-09
Base Score: 4.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:C
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 5
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Severity: Medium
EPSS: 0.00012