# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Python file-read credential detection severity fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs concern a gap where Python open() and Path.read_text() calls on credential files were not being detected at critical severity in the plugin admission scanner, unlike equivalent shell and JavaScript patterns. The work addresses aligning Python detection severity with other language equivalents.

## 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 #117577. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #117577 (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-117577`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #116950: Plugin admission scanner: Python open() of credential files lands medium, not critical (gap vs shell/JS equivalents)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#117577: fix(skills): Python open()/read_text() of credential files lands critical in plugin admission (#116950, salvage #117028)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_skills_guard.py`, `tools/skills_guard.py`
- **#117028: fix(skills): Python open()/Path.read_text() on credential files lands critical**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `54718306e3`, `#117577`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #117577 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.