A vulnerability was found in NousResearch hermes-agent 2026.4.23. The impacted element is the function _scan_context_content of the file agent/prompt_builder.py. The manipulation results in injection. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit has been made public and could be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
CVE-2026-9366
Score 7.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-05-26. NVD baseline CVSS 7.3; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- 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 computedSeverity73% × 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, 2026Hermes Agent Context-File Scanner Regex Bypass — Zero-Click Prompt Injection via AGENTS.md / .cursorrules / CLAUDE.md / .hermes.md · GitHub
https://gist.github.com/YLChen-007/581fd92de5548fbaacb2092e848a75ccVendor Advisories for CVE-2026-9366(1)
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