CVE-2026-9353

HIGHNVD 7.37.3—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-05-26. NVD baseline CVSS 7.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Elevated
7.3
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 7.3Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

A security vulnerability has been detected in NousResearch hermes-agent up to 2026.4.23. Impacted is an unknown function of the file agent/skills_guard.py of the component Skills Guard Multi-Word Prompt Handler. The manipulation of the argument THREAT_PATTERNS leads to injection. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

CVSS v3
7.3
EG Score
7.3(medium)
EG Risk
64(Attend)
EG Risk 64/100SSVC: Attend

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity73% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Remediate soon — notable exploitation risk.
EPSS
22.7%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 24, 2026

Last Modified

May 26, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jun 11, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Skills Guard Multi-Word Prompt Injection Bypass · GitHub

https://gist.github.com/YLChen-007/82a3539d6358842e69dfaef0a9fcf14a

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-9353(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 40× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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  1. 2026-07-23 03:23 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-21 15:25 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-06-29 16:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  29. 2026-06-15 14:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  38. 2026-06-12 20:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  74. 2026-05-31 00:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  75. 2026-05-29 13:44 UTCEPSS rescore

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-9353?
CVE-2026-9353 is a high vulnerability published on May 24, 2026. A security vulnerability has been detected in NousResearch hermes-agent up to 2026.4.23. Impacted is an unknown function of the file agent/skillsguard.py of the component Skills Guard Multi-Word Prompt Handler. The manipulation of the argument THREATPATTERNS leads to injection. Remote exploitation…
When was CVE-2026-9353 disclosed?
CVE-2026-9353 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 24, 2026, with the most recent update on May 26, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-9353 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-9353 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 22.7% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-9353?
CVE-2026-9353 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-9353?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-9353, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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