Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessDiscover exposed WeCom adapter endpoint
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DeliveryIdentify path-parameter in wecom.py handler
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ExploitCraft traversal payload (e.g., ../../etc/passwd)
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ExecutionSubmit unauthenticated HTTP request
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ImpactReceive arbitrary file contents from server
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V5 - File Handling Path canonicalization, traversal prevention
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Discovery, Collection The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | The WeCom (WeChat Work) platform adapter must be actively deployed and its endpoint reachable over the network - deployments that do not use the WeChat Work integration and have not started that adapter are not affected. No authentication is required per the CVSS PR:N metric. However, SSVC's 'Automatable: no' designation indicates that exploitation is not trivially scriptable at scale, likely because attackers must first discover the specific WeCom endpoint path and identify the correct vulnerable parameter within wecom.py - these are not exposed by default in a standardized way. Impact is bounded to files readable by the server process (VC:L); the CVSS VI:N/VA:N metrics confirm that write access and denial-of-service are not achievable through this vector. Non-default deployment of the WeCom integration and the targeting complexity described by SSVC are the primary limiting factors for defenders assessing realistic exposure. |
| Impact | The CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N) yields a 5.5 score, reflecting unauthenticated, low-complexity network exploitation - superficially alarming. However, three signals substantially reduce real-world priority: EPSS at 0.05% (15th percentile) places this well below typical active-exploitation thresholds; SSVC designates it 'Automatable: no', which is in tension with AC:L/PR:N and suggests hidden targeting complexity not fully encoded in the CVSS vector (possibly endpoint discovery or parameter structure requirements); and impact is confined to VC:L (partial confidentiality read) with VI:N/VA:N, ruling out data manipulation or service disruption. No CISA KEV listing has been confirmed. The public POC warrants attention for organizations actively running the WeCom adapter, but mass exploitation is unlikely given the niche deployment footprint and non-automatability signal. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An unauthenticated attacker who has identified a publicly exposed hermes-agent WeCom adapter endpoint sends a crafted HTTP request containing path traversal sequences (e.g., ../../../../etc/passwd or equivalent URL-encoded forms) in a filename or path parameter processed by gateway/platforms/wecom.py. The adapter constructs a file path from this input without stripping traversal sequences, causing the server to return the contents of an arbitrary file readable by the hermes-agent process. A public proof-of-concept referenced at https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/8733 and https://github.com/bugmaker2/hermes-agent/issues/29 demonstrates this technique. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Jul 24, 2026
Path traversal in NousResearch hermes-agent 0.8.0 exposes arbitrary server-side files to unauthenticated remote attackers through the WeChat Work (WeCom) platform adapter component. The vulnerability resides in gateway/platforms/wecom.py and is limited to confidentiality impact (VC:L), with no integrity or availability consequence. A public proof-of-concept exists per GitHub issue reference, though EPSS of 0.05% (15th percentile) and SSVC's 'Automatable: no' designation indicate constrained real-world exploitation risk; no CISA KEV listing has been confirmed.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch version has been identified at time of analysis. The vulnerability is tracked via a public GitHub issue at https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/8733 - monitor that issue and the upstream repository (https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/) for a patched release. As an immediate compensating control, disable or restrict network access to the WeCom platform adapter endpoint if the WeChat Work integration is not operationally required; this eliminates the attack surface entirely with no functional cost to deployments not using that integration. If WeCom must remain enabled, implement an application-layer web firewall or reverse proxy rule to reject requests containing path traversal sequences (../, %2e%2e%2f, and URL-encoded variants) targeting the wecom.py handler. File-system-level hardening (running the process with minimal permissions and chroot/container isolation) limits the blast radius of any successful traversal to files accessible by the process user.
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Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
CWE-22 (Path Traversal) describes a failure to neutralize special directory-navigation sequences (e.g., '../') in user-controlled input before using it to construct file-system paths. Here, the vulnerable component is the WeChat Work (企业微信/WeCom) platform integration adapter within hermes-agent, an AI agent orchestration framework by NousResearch. The affected file gateway/platforms/wecom.py processes input - likely a filename or path parameter supplied through the WeCom messaging webhook or API surface - without sufficient sanitization, allowing traversal outside the intended working directory. CPE cpe:2.3:a:nousresearch:hermes-agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* confirms the scope is the nousresearch vendor's hermes-agent application.
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
Network-reachable unauthenticated read-only path traversal with no scope change; confidentiality-only impact at low severity maps to C:L/I:N/A:N.
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CVSS VectorNVD
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3DescriptionCVE.org
A vulnerability was identified in NousResearch hermes-agent 0.8.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file gateway/platforms/wecom.py of the component WeChat Work Platform Adapter. The manipulation leads to path traversal. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit is publicly available and might be used.
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Path traversal exploits occur when applications use user-controlled input to construct file system paths without proper validation.
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