# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Bang shell env leak fix when sanitizer fails

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs concern a bug where the bang shell fallback exposes the full process environment, including API keys, when the sanitizer module cannot be imported. The work focuses on making the failure mode safe by closing rather than leaking secrets.

## 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 #117585. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #117585 (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-117585`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #116878: \[Bug\]: bang_shell fallback leaks full process env (all API keys) when sanitizer unimportable

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#117585: fix(cli): bang shell fails closed instead of leaking the full env when the sanitizer is unimportable (#116878, salvage #116955)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/bang_shell.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_bang_shell_mode.py`
- **#116955: fix(cli): prevent secret leaks when bang shell sanitization fails**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `7df20a670da5`, `#117585`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #117585 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-21`.