# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Add dangerous shell pattern detection to approval tool

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #17873: tools/approval.py: Add reverse shell, download-execute, and credential read patterns to DANGEROUS_PATTERNS
- PR #18337: fix: resolve 7 identified issues \[automated\]

These members add detection of reverse shell, two-stage download-execute, and credential read patterns to an approval tool's dangerous pattern list. An automated fix resolves related identified issues.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #17873: tools/approval.py: Add reverse shell, download-execute, and credential read patterns to DANGEROUS_PATTERNS

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#17962: fix(approval): catch reverse-shell-via-flag and two-stage download-execute**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `volume_quota`; implication `active`; refs `#26829`, `#17873`
- **#18337: fix: resolve 7 identified issues \[automated\]**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `88bd1c01e`, `9caa12f4e`
  - files: `agent/auxiliary_client.py`, `gateway/platforms/email.py`, `gateway/run.py`, `hermes_cli/profiles.py`, `optional-skills/migration/openclaw-migration/scripts/openclaw_to_hermes.py`, `tools/approval.py`, `tools/skills_tool.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `agent`