CVE•Published 2026-07-26•Modified 2026-07-27•0 articles on news•5 live references•NVD data

CVE-2026-17432

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CVSS v3.1

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

EPSS percentile

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 86% of all CVEs

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-266Incorrect Privilege Assignment CWE-284Improper Access Control

Description

A vulnerability was detected in NousResearch hermes-agent 2026.6.5. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file hermes-agent/plugins/platforms/simplex/adapter.py of the component SimpleX Gateway Authorization. The manipulation of the argument contactId results in improper access controls. The attack may be launched remotely. A high complexity level is associated with this attack. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The exploit is now public and may be used. The patch is identified as 490c486ff65b766d9de0fe0e6f26e1778aaa8fb3. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

Timeline

Published 2026-07-26

Modified 2026-07-27

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB GitHub PoC VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

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Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2026-17432

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Censys

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