01 Record
CVE-2026-82021
Hermes Agent 0.18.2 < 0.19.0 MCP Catalog Supply Chain RCE via Mutable Branch Reference
CriticalPUBLISHEDCNA: VulnCheck
CNA base score9.0 CVSS v4.0CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
02 Description
Hermes Agent 0.18.2 < 0.19.0 MCP Catalog Supply Chain RCE via Mutable Branch Reference
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.33% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 27.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.0 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD 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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- NVD analysis status
- Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-09-08.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-08-28 18:50Z2 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-08-31 18:50Z1 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-08-27
- Assigning CNA
- VulnCheck
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Critical (CVSS 9.0)
- CNA 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
- Weaknesses
- CWE-494Download of Code Without Integrity CheckBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 7ae2a924124f694b2a41caa07f75b78290f10d6152ada0b96e55c191e76aecf0
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- github.comHermes Agent v2026.7.20 Release Noteshttps://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/releases/tag/v2026.7.20
- github.comPull Requesthttps://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/64463
- github.comPatch Commithttps://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/commit/9df5f879b4a5925c0f8f947e7e16ed8e845932c3
- www.vulncheck.comhttps://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hermes-agent-mcp-catalog-supply-chain-rce-via-mutable-branch-reference