CVE-2026-82021 PUBLISHED

Hermes Agent 0.18.2 < 0.19.0 MCP Catalog Supply Chain RCE via Mutable Branch Reference

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 27.08.2026 Published: 28.08.2026 Updated: 29.08.2026

Hermes Agent 0.18.2 prior to 0.19.0 contains a supply chain vulnerability in its bundled MCP catalog that allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code by compromising a third-party upstream repository referenced via a mutable branch rather than a pinned commit SHA. An attacker who compromises the upstream repository can propagate malicious code to every host that installs the affected catalog entry, with no further action required by the operator.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
CVSS Score: 9

Product Status

Vendor NousResearch
Product hermes-agent
Versions Default: affected
  • affected from 0.18.2 to 0.19.0 (excl.)
  • affected from 2026.7.7.2 to 2026.7.20 (excl.)

Credits

  • Zubair Ashraf (@zashraf1337), Helmet Security finder

References

Problem Types

  • Download of Code Without Integrity Check CWE