CVE-2026-17432 (GCVE-0-2026-17432)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-26 00:15 – Updated: 2026-07-27 18:01 X_Open Source
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
NousResearch hermes-agent SimpleX Gateway Authorization adapter.py access control
Summary
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.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-07-27 18:01 UTC
Assigner
References
9 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://vuldb.com/vuln/383065 | vdb-entrytechnical-description |
| https://vuldb.com/vuln/383065/cti | signaturepermissions-required |
| https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-17432 | third-party-advisory |
| https://vuldb.com/submit/862424 | third-party-advisory |
| https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issu… | issue-tracking |
| https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/41246 | issue-trackingpatch |
| https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issu… | exploitissue-tracking |
| https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/comm… | patch |
| https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/ | product |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NousResearch | hermes-agent |
Affected:
2026.6.5
cpe:2.3:a:nousresearch:hermes-agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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Related by attack behaviour
Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.
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