CVE-2026-82021
Description
Hermes Agent 0.18.2 prior to 0.19.0 contains a supply chain vulnerability in its bundled MCP catalog that allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code by compromising a third-party upstream repository referenced via a mutable branch rather than a pinned commit SHA. An attacker who compromises the upstream repository can propagate malicious code to every host that installs the affected catalog entry, with no further action required by the operator.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
Propose a mitigation on Community Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/commit/9df5f879b4a5925c0f8f947e7e16ed8e845932c3
- https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/64463
- https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/releases/tag/v2026.7.20
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hermes-agent-mcp-catalog-supply-chain-rce-via-mutable-branch-reference
CWEs
CWE-494
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.