CVE-2026-9353
NousResearch hermes-agent Skills Guard Multi-Word Prompt skills_guard.py injection
Vexday Risk Score
33Attention
SSVC decision (CISA)
Attend
PoC available → attend closely
CVSS 6.9EPSS 0.3%KEV nãoPoC públicaNuclei —Metasploit —Patch —
Lifecycle
24 May 2026Published on NVD
Recommendation: Plan a near-term fix — a public PoC already exists.
A security vulnerability has been detected in NousResearch hermes-agent up to 2026.4.23. Impacted is an unknown function of the file agent/skills_guard.py of the component Skills Guard Multi-Word Prompt Handler. The manipulation of the argument THREAT_PATTERNS leads to injection. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
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
Affected products
NousResearch · hermes-agentpublic PoCs found — 1
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