# NousResearch/hermes-agent · TTS output_path MEDIA injection security fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a security issue where control characters or MEDIA: substrings in the TTS output_path parameter could be used to forge extra MEDIA delivery tags. The group includes the bug report and associated fix attempts.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #116826. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #116826 (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-116826`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #116276: TTS output_path can forge extra MEDIA: delivery tags (control chars and MEDIA: substrings bypass the path gate)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#116826: fix(tts): output_path can no longer forge extra MEDIA delivery tags via control chars or MEDIA: segments (#116276, salvage #116277)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_tts_path_traversal.py`, `tools/path_security.py`, `tools/tts_tool.py`
- **#116277: fix(tts): reject MEDIA directives and control chars in output_path**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `00a79a40c538`, `#116826`, `#116276`, `#116277`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #116826 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.