CVE-2026-6830 PUBLISHED

Nesquena Hermes WebUI Environment Variable Credential Leakage via Profile Switch

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 21.04.2026 Published: 21.04.2026 Updated: 21.04.2026

nesquena hermes-webui contains an environment variable leakage vulnerability where profile switching does not clear environment variables from the previously active profile before loading the next profile. Attackers or users can exploit additive dotenv reload behavior to access provider API keys and other sensitive secrets from one profile context in another profile, breaking expected security isolation between profiles.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 4.8

Product Status

Vendor nesquena
Product hermes-webui
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to PR #351 (excl.)

Credits

  • Chia Min Jun Lennon finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-668: Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere CWE
  • CWE-459: Incomplete Cleanup CWE