CVE-2026-18993
5.3
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
Summary
A vulnerability was detected in NousResearch hermes-agent up to 0.16.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file hermes-agent/model_tools.py of the component Memory Toolset. The manipulation results in improper access controls. The attack can be executed remotely. The exploit is now public and may be used.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| NousResearch | hermes-agent | 0.1 | affected |
| NousResearch | hermes-agent | 0.2 | affected |
| NousResearch | hermes-agent | 0.3 | affected |
| NousResearch | hermes-agent | 0.4 | affected |
| NousResearch | hermes-agent | 0.5 | affected |
| NousResearch | hermes-agent | 0.6 | affected |
| NousResearch | hermes-agent | 0.7 | affected |
| NousResearch | hermes-agent | 0.8 | affected |
| NousResearch | hermes-agent | 0.9 | affected |
| NousResearch | hermes-agent | 0.10 | affected |
| NousResearch | hermes-agent | 0.11 | affected |
| NousResearch | hermes-agent | 0.12 | affected |
| NousResearch | hermes-agent | 0.13 | affected |
| NousResearch | hermes-agent | 0.14 | affected |
| NousResearch | hermes-agent | 0.15 | affected |
| NousResearch | hermes-agent | 0.16.0 | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-284: Improper Access Controls
- CWE-266: Incorrect Privilege Assignment
ADP Enrichment
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: poc
- Automatable: no
- Technical Impact: partial
References
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/386377
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/386377/cti
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-18993
- https://vuldb.com/submit/862610
- https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/46171
- https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/46185
- https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/48181
- https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/
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