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CVE-2026-10222
medium
CVSS 5.6
Vulnerability in hermes-agent (CVE-2026-10222)
Summary
vulnerability in hermes-agent (CVE-2026-10222). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to `0.18.0` or later.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **CVE-2026-10222** has been found in hermes-agent.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 5.6/10.
What to do: upgrade hermes-agent to **0.18.0** or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "hermes-agent CVE-2026-10222" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-10222 (hermes-agent) — CWE-74 / CVSS v3 5.6
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Patched: `0.18.0` — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
❓ What is the problem
**A vulnerability** (CWE-74) exists in hermes-agent.
📍 Affected scope
hermes-agent — .
🔥 Severity
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.6/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure
🔧 How to fix
Update to **0.18.0**.
🛡️ Workaround
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
🔍 Detection
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'hermes-agent' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response Actions (7 steps)
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'hermes-agent' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `hermes-agent` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
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6Apply patch patch
Upgrade hermes-agent to 0.18.0ステージング環境で 0.18.0 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスと、Step 3 で見つけた異常検知の続報チェックを含めること。
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7Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
pip
hermes-agent
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.18.0"}]}]
References
- web https://gist.github.com/YLChen-007/7ee2eeaa383b3540d2e8854250c03fb0
- web https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-10222
- web https://vuldb.com/submit/822020
- web https://vuldb.com/vuln/367501
- web https://vuldb.com/vuln/367501/cti
- web https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-10222
- web https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mv8x-fg99-32mf
- web https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/commit/b944c6e821c2177eac6da857c99ff24566aa56b0
- web https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/hermes-agent/PYSEC-2026-2513.yaml