NousResearch/hermes-agent

Gateway lifecycle guard bypass via process signals

Cluster 33071 · agent. Data as of

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #53216 on 26 Jun 2026. Check it covers your case.

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Known?
Yes. 4 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
Fix event
A fix was merged to main in PR #53216. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
Tracker
The maintainers' tracker marks this resolved, deciding PR #53216. That is separate from the fix event.
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These issues and PRs concern a security gap where dangerous command approval can be bypassed by sending SIGTERM or using launchctl/pidof-based kills to terminate the gateway process. The work focuses on extending the gateway lifecycle guard to close these bypass vectors.

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Fixes on record

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  • #53216 fix(security): extend gateway-lifecycle guard to launchctl and pidof kills

    merged to main

    files: tests/tools/test_approval.py, tools/approval.py

2 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: merged via another change 2

  • #33084 fix(approval): extend gateway-lifecycle guard to launchctl and pidof-based kills · merged via another change → 3c8d3ec, #53216
  • #33562 fix(approval): close gateway lifecycle bypass gaps (fixes #33071) · merged via another change → 3c8d3ec, #33084, #53216, #33071
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#33071Dangerous command approval can be bypassed by sending SIGTERM to gateway process
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  • Link evidence (structural links throughout): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
  • Pairwise link density 0.50: the share of item 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.

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Subsystem
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Merged PRs
#53216
Closed issues
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2 PRs closed without merging
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26 Jun 2026

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