Vulnerability · Published Jul 4, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB
CVE-2026-14625NousResearch hermes-agent server.py shell.exec protection mechanism
Medium 6.3
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in hermes-agent from NousResearch. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 32% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A security flaw has been discovered in NousResearch hermes-agent up to 0.15.2. The affected element is the function shell.exec of the file tui_gateway/server.py. The manipulation results in protection mechanism failure. It is possible to launch the attack 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| NousResearch | hermes-agent | 0.15.00.15.10.15.2 |
Weakness: CWE-693 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
References
- VDB-376141 | NousResearch hermes-agent server.py shell.exec protection mechanism vdb-entry, technical-description
- VDB-376141 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) signature, permissions-required
- CVE-2026-14625 | CVE Analysis and Report third-party-advisory
- Submit #845595 | NousResearch Hermes Agent 75cbdfd06bb041936f164c8d75ac518b2cb4fec0 Protection Mechanism Failure (CWE-693) third-party-advisory
- https://gist.github.com/YLChen-007/3b11589740dcf16b152b0929e1b3d024 exploit