CVE-2026-53870Hermes Agent < 0.16.0 - Sensitive File Permission Vulnerability in Store Files
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 0.16%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 95% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
Description
Hermes Agent before 0.16.0 creates response_store.db and webhook_subscriptions.json with world-readable permissions (mode 0o644), exposing conversation history and HMAC secrets to local users. Attackers with local filesystem access can read these files directly to obtain sensitive data including conversation history, tool payloads, prompts, and per-route HMAC secrets.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
Show the exploits1
References tagged exploit1 reference
- Researcher Pull Request (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingpatchexploit
Timeline
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By VulnCheck
- 7 days later
· 7 days later
Published
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| VulnCheckCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | Medium6.8 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| VulnCheckCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 4.0 | Medium6.8 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.16% · top 95% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Affected products
- affected < 0.16.0
- unaffected 0.16.0
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIhermes-agentGHSA-99f9-j8r3-p853 (opens in a new tab)
References
References5
- hermes-agent 2026.6.5 Release Notes (opens in a new tab)release-notes
- Researcher Pull Request (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingpatchexploit
- Maintainer Pull Request (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingpatch
- Patch Commit (opens in a new tab)patch
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hermes-agent-sensitive-file-permission-vulnerability-in-store-files (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisory
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-37775 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-99f9-j8r3-p853 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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