# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Security fix: validate media paths in send_message

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members address a security vulnerability where the send_message tool bypassed media delivery path validation, with fixes applied across multiple contexts including Telegram and gateway handling.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #34270: Bug: send_message tool bypasses validate_media_delivery_path security check

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#34350: fix(send_message): add per-site defense-in-depth media path validation (#34270)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#108854`
- **#34389: fix(security): validate Telegram send_message media paths**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `41d2c758c39a20c1213b65253a3459c1f96759a3`, `#34270`

## Fix status

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