Hermes Agent before 0.16.0 contains a DNS rebinding vulnerability in WebSocket endpoints that allows remote attackers to bypass Host and Origin validation. FastAPI HTTP middleware does not execute for WebSocket upgrade requests on /api/pty, /api/ws, /api/pub, and /api/events endpoints, enabling attackers to exploit DNS rebinding and inject malicious commands or read terminal output.
Fix
Nothing published yet: no patch, vendor advisory or mitigation reference on NVD, no vendor advisory in the News for this CVE, not in CISA's KEV, no fixed package version. BaselineWatch does not guess at one.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 8.7NVD modified 2026-10-08 16:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 0
NVD has not attached CPE configurations yet.
References 5
- https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/commit/d9ec90585cf7616b5972e44cf8d92bb569fc3feb
- https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/30221
- https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/31685
- https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/releases/tag/v2026.6.5
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hermes-agent-dns-rebinding-bypass-via-websocket-endpoints