# hermes-agent has a sandbox issue

Advisory record · `GHSA-wm96-9gfh-vvgq`

- **Identifiers:** `GHSA-wm96-9gfh-vvgq` · `CVE-2026-9368` · `PYSEC-2026-2515`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 6.9 Medium
- **Critical:** No
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-264](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html) · [CWE-265](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/265.html) · [CWE-269](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/269.html) · [CWE-526](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/526.html)
- **Tags:** [Privilege escalation](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/privilege-escalation.md) · [CWE-264](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-264.md) · [CWE-265](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-265.md) · [CWE-526](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-526.md)
- **Published:** 26 May 2026
- **Updated:** 13 Jul 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 26 May 2026, 13:30 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

## Affected packages

- `hermes-agent` (PyPI): affected `<0.11.0`; fixed in `0.11.0`

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our analysis of this Advisory yet. Once a person has reviewed it, this page will say what’s vulnerable, what has to be true for your app to be affected, and how to check.

## Severity and exploitation

- 6.9 Medium, CVSS 4.0: `CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P`, from CNA (VulDB)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0038, the 32nd percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

- 31 Oct 2026, 15:01 UTC: First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 15:01 UTC: [Confirmed by OSV](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-wm96-9gfh-vvgq)

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-wm96-9gfh-vvgq](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wm96-9gfh-vvgq)
- [OSV: GHSA-wm96-9gfh-vvgq](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-wm96-9gfh-vvgq)
- <https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-9368>
- <https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/commit/285bb2b9150b93445e5eded9bc897a4001b66e55>
- <https://gist.github.com/YLChen-007/43c72d19668421abe8ce10f299323a0a>
- <https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent>
- <https://vuldb.com/submit/812229>
- <https://vuldb.com/vuln/365331>
- <https://vuldb.com/vuln/365331/cti>

Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code.

## Check whether this affects you

A Match means an installed version is in the affected range above. Most don’t affect the app; agentprime hasn’t analysed this one yet.

- With the agentprime MCP server (<https://api.agentprime.io/mcp>), ask your agent to check the project: `check_lockfile` sends a lockfile, `check_packages` a list of installed packages, and both return the Matches and the upgrades that clear them. `get_advisory` returns this record. Setup: <https://agentprime.io/mcp.md>
- In a browser: <https://agentprime.io/check/> reads your lockfile in the browser, never uploading it.
- Whether it touches your code, with file and line: the Claude Code plugin, <https://agentprime.io/plugin.md>
- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/GHSA-wm96-9gfh-vvgq>, or `POST https://api.agentprime.io/v1/match` with your packages (<https://agentprime.io/api.md>)

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The web page: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/GHSA-wm96-9gfh-vvgq/>. Everything for agents: <https://agentprime.io/llms.txt>.