CVE-2026-9351

medium

Description

A security flaw has been discovered in NousResearch hermes-agent up to 2026.4.16. This vulnerability affects the function _is_blocked_device of the file tools/file_tools.py of the component read_file Tool. Performing a manipulation results in path traversal. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

References

https://vuldb.com/vuln/365314/cti

https://vuldb.com/vuln/365314

https://vuldb.com/submit/812214

https://gist.github.com/YLChen-007/1d1aeff404cb88e06ec2fb3377f49fef

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-05-24

Updated: 2026-05-26

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v4

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: 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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00088