CVE•Published 2026-04-29•Modified 2026-04-29•0 articles on news•7 live references•NVD data

CVE-2026-7397

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CVSS v3.1

4.4

MEDIUM

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

EPSS percentile

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Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')CWE-61UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following

Description

A security flaw has been discovered in NousResearch hermes-agent 0.8.0. This affects the function _check_sensitive_path of the file tools/file_tools.py. The manipulation results in symlink following. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. Upgrading to version 0.9.0 is able to mitigate this issue. The patch is identified as 311dac197145e19e07df68feba2cd55d896a3cd1. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Timeline

Published 2026-04-29

Modified 2026-04-29

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB GitHub PoC Sploitus trickest/cve VulnCheck

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