Hermes Agent < 0.16.0 - Sensitive File Permission Vulnerability in Store Files
13Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 6.8epss 0.1%
exploitation probability
0.1%top 99% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
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.
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
Affected products
NousResearch · hermes-agentReferences
https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/commit/3bace071bfadf2d2bec2ee048471a31ec920e3e8https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/30917https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/31469https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/releases/tag/v2026.6.5https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hermes-agent-sensitive-file-permission-vulnerability-in-store-files