NousResearch/hermes-agent

Fix temp-root path traversal bypass in skills guard

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #112198 on 16 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These items address a security gap where dotdot (..) path segments could bypass the skills guard's temp-root exemption, allowing destructive root deletions to go undetected. The fixes cover both the scanner's fence-handling logic and the traversal-based delete detection.

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  • #112198 fix(skills): scanner no longer skips code hidden behind mismatched fences or temp-root `..` paths (#112129, #111335, salvage #112130, #111340)

    merged to main

    files: tests/tools/test_skills_guard.py, tools/skills_guard.py

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: merged via another change 1

  • #111340 fix(skills): detect temp-root traversal deletes · merged via another change → 2588c90, #112198
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#111335skills_guard: `destructive_root_rm` temp-root exemption is bypassable via `..` (`rm -rf /tmp/../etc`)
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