# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Kill-all floor bypass via signal flag spellings

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #102389: \[Bug\]: kill -s/--signal spellings bypass the kill-all hardline floor
- PR #105609: fix(security): close fork-bomb and kill-all spelling gaps in the hardline floor

These issues and PRs address a security gap where alternate spellings of the signal flag (-s or --signal) allow kill commands to bypass hardline or floor-level restrictions. Fixes target the approval and tool layers to catch these variant forms.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.50`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Open related issues

- #102389: \[Bug\]: kill -s/--signal spellings bypass the kill-all hardline floor

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#102394: fix(tools): block signal-operand spellings in the kill-all hardline rule**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`
- **#102396: fix(approval): catch separated -s/--signal spellings in the kill-all floor**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#102394`, `#102389`
- **#105609: fix(security): close fork-bomb and kill-all spelling gaps in the hardline floor**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#102394`, `#102396`, `#102389`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_hardline_process_kill.py`, `tools/approval_detection.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/security.md`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `agent`