# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Case-insensitive credential env name security fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a security issue where credential environment variable names with different letter casing could bypass blocklist filtering and child-environment scrubbing. The work involves matching credential env names case-insensitively to close this bypass.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #116751. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #116751 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-116751`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `1.00`: 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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #116149: Case-variant credential env names bypass the provider blocklist and child-env scrub

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#116751: fix(security): case-variant credential env names no longer bypass the passthrough blocklist and child-env scrub (#116149, salvage #116150)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_env_passthrough.py`, `tests/tools/test_local_env_blocklist.py`, `tools/env_passthrough.py`, `tools/environments/docker_egress.py`, `tools/environments/local.py`, `tools/environments/local_env_policy.py`, `tools/environments/remote_common.py`
- **#116150: fix(security): match credential env names case-insensitively**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `940c6109943a`, `#116751`, `#116149`, `#116150`
- **#116177: fix(security): close case-variant credential env bypass**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `940c6109943a`, `#116751`, `#116149`, `#116150`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #116751 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.