# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Env-writer denylist for subprocess-execution variables

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

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.

## 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 #116728. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #116728 (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-116728`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #116490: Env-writer denylist misses most of the subprocess-execution class (GIT_CONFIG_*, BASH_ENV, ASKPASS, interpreter injection)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#116728: fix(config): the .env writer refuses every subprocess-execution env name (#116490, salvage #116491)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/config.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_config.py`
- **#116491: config: extend env-writer denylist to the full subprocess-execution class**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `67902dfa9df4`, `#116728`, `#116490`, `#116491`
- **#116518: fix(config): deny subprocess-execution env names at the writer gate**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `67902dfa9df4`, `#116728`, `#116490`, `#116491`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #116728 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.