CVE-2026-9368: Nousresearch Hermes-Agent

High severity, CVSS 7.3. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A vulnerability was identified in NousResearch hermes-agent up to 2026.4.16. This impacts the function execute_code of the file tools/code_execution_tool.py of the component Environment Variable Handler. Such manipulation leads to sandbox issue. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Affected products

• Nousresearch Hermes-Agent: version 2026.4.0 only; version 2026.4.1 only; version 2026.4.2 only; version 2026.4.3 only; version 2026.4.4 only; version 2026.4.5 only; …

Published 2026-05-24. Last modified 2026-07-23.