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Env-writer denylist for subprocess-execution variables

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #116728 on 20 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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A fix was merged to main in PR #116728. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
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The maintainers' tracker marks this resolved, deciding PR #116728. That is separate from the fix event.
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These issues and PRs concern expanding the configuration env-writer's denylist to cover subprocess-execution environment variable names (such as GIT_CONFIG_*, BASH_ENV, ASKPASS, and interpreter injection vectors) that were previously missing or incompletely blocked.

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  • #116728 fix(config): the .env writer refuses every subprocess-execution env name (#116490, salvage #116491)

    merged to main

    files: hermes_cli/config.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_config.py

2 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 1 · merged via another change 1

  • #116491 config: extend env-writer denylist to the full subprocess-execution class · merged via another change → 67902df, #116728, #116490, #116491
  • #116518 fix(config): deny subprocess-execution env names at the writer gate · done elsewhere → 67902df, #116728, #116490, #116491
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#116490Env-writer denylist misses most of the subprocess-execution class (GIT_CONFIG_*, BASH_ENV, ASKPASS, interpreter injection)
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#116728
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2 PRs closed without merging
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20 Sep 2026

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