# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Loopback CDP treated as non-local by SSRF guard

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #108597: browser_console/eval SSRF guard treats a loopback CDP override (local dev Chrome) as non-local
- PR #108603: fix(browser): allow local Chrome eval through loopback CDP

These items concern a bug where the browser console/eval SSRF guard incorrectly classifies loopback CDP overrides—used for local development Chrome connections—as non-local, and proposed fixes to allow or trust such connections.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #108597: browser_console/eval SSRF guard treats a loopback CDP override (local dev Chrome) as non-local

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#108600: fix(browser): trust loopback CDP overrides for local terminals**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `590af66a58c2b3eb3c5edd1dcfefa09c625ae18a`, `#108603`, `#108597`
- **#108603: fix(browser): allow local Chrome eval through loopback CDP**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `tests/tools/test_browser_cdp_override.py`, `tests/tools/test_browser_ssrf_local.py`, `tools/browser_tool_cdp.py`, `tools/browser_tool_cloud.py`

## Fix status

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