CVE-2026-14625 (GCVE-0-2026-14625)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-07-04 11:30
Modified
2026-07-06 17:12
Severity ?
2.1 (Low) - 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
6.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RC:R
6.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RC:R
CWE
  • CWE-693 - Protection Mechanism Failure
Summary
A security flaw has been discovered in NousResearch hermes-agent up to 0.15.2. The affected element is the function shell.exec of the file tui_gateway/server.py. The manipulation results in protection mechanism failure. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
NousResearch hermes-agent Version: 0.15.0
Version: 0.15.1
Version: 0.15.2
    cpe:2.3:a:nousresearch:hermes-agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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