NousResearch/hermes-agent

Credential write guards anchored to real home directory

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #114859 on 18 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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A fix was merged to main in PR #114859. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
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The maintainers' tracker marks this resolved, deciding PR #114859. That is separate from the fix event.
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These issues and PRs address a security gap where file write guards for credentials were anchored only to the process HOME, leaving the real home directory unguarded in profile-home deployment scenarios. The work extends the guards to cover every home directory a write could land in.

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  • #114859 fix(file-safety): credential write guards cover the real home under profile-home deployments (#113628, salvage #113629)

    merged to main

    files: agent/file_safety.py, tests/agent/test_file_safety_write_credentials.py, website/docs/user-guide/security.md

2 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: merged via another change 1 · other 1

  • #113629 fix(file-safety): anchor credential write guards to every home a write can land in · merged via another change → e342248, #114859, #113628, #113629
  • #113859 fix(file_safety): anchor credential write guards on real HOME, not just process HOME · other
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#113628security: file write guards anchor on process HOME — real-home credentials unguarded under profile-home deployments
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  • Pairwise link density 0.50: 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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Merged PRs
#114859
Closed issues
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2 PRs closed without merging
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18 Sep 2026

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