NousResearch/hermes-agent

Subdirectory hint files unsafe symlink handling

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #116821 on 20 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These items address a bug where subdirectory hint files could follow symlinks to locations outside the working tree or to denied files, and introduce fixes to reject or avoid injecting such files.

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  • #116821 fix(agent): subdirectory hint files that symlink outside the tree or to denied files are not injected (#116429, salvage #116430)

    merged to main

    files: agent/subdirectory_hints.py, tests/agent/test_subdirectory_hints.py

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: merged via another change 1

  • #116430 fix(agent): reject subdirectory hint files that resolve outside the tree · merged via another change → 0418acf, #116821, #116429, #116430
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#116429[Bug]: Subdirectory hint files follow symlinks out of the working tree
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#116821
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1 PR closed without merging
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20 Sep 2026

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