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Protect HERMES_HOME from unsafe write operations

Cluster 109367 · agent. Data as of

2 open items. Fix attempted, not merged.

The short answer

1open issue
1open PR
3items grouped
Known?
Yes. 3 related items grouped here, 0 issues already closed.
Fix event
No fix has been merged to main. 1 PR closed without merging; see the attempts below.
Tracker
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Still open
1 issue and 1 PR.

These items address a security gap where HERMES_HOME lacked a minimum protection floor, leaving the agent's own data directory vulnerable to silent or unauthorized destruction. The work involves adding hardline path restrictions and approval safeguards for persisted data.

Open issues1

  • Issue#109367[Bug]: HERMES_HOME has no hardline floor at any path — the agent's own data directory is the least protected writable path on the system

Open PRs1

  • PR#109372fix(approval): prevent silent destruction of Hermes persisted data

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: other 1

  • #127475 fix(security): give HERMES_HOME a hardline/dangerous floor · other
How this cluster was grouped
  • Link evidence (structural links throughout): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
  • Pairwise link density 0.67: the share of item 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.

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