# NousResearch/hermes-agent · SSRF guard for provider-returned image URL fetches

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a server-side request forgery risk where provider-controlled image URLs are fetched without validation, and proposed fixes to add SSRF protections to that download path.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #114887. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114887 (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-114887`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #44728: \[Security\] xAI image generation provider performs an unguarded host-side fetch of provider-controlled image URLs

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114887: fix(security): provider, model, pet and skills-hub URL fetches refuse internal targets (#114468, #44728, salvage #114469)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `agent/pet/manifest.py`, `agent/pet/store.py`, `agent/provider_media.py`, `agent/video_gen_provider.py`, `plugins/image_gen/openai-codex/__init__.py`, `plugins/image_gen/openai/__init__.py`, `plugins/video_gen/openrouter/__init__.py`, `tests/agent/test_provider_media.py`, `tests/agent/test_remote_fetch_ssrf_guard.py`, `tests/agent/test_save_url_image.py`, `tests/plugins/image_gen/test_openai_codex_provider.py`, `tests/plugins/video_gen/test_openrouter.py`, `tests/tools/test_skills_hub.py`, `tests/tools/test_skills_hub_clawhub.py`, `tools/skills_hub.py`, `tools/skills_hub_skillssh.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_images.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/security.md`
- **#44743: fix(security): add SSRF guard to save_url_image for provider-returned URLs**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `309023a00c33`, `#114887`, `#114887`, `#114468`, `#44728`, `#114469`, `#114468`, `#44728`
- **#45537: fix(security): guard provider image URL downloads**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `309023a00c33`, `#114887`, `#114887`, `#114468`, `#44728`, `#114469`, `#114468`, `#44728`
- **#114469: fix(security): route remote-party-supplied URL fetches through the SSRF guard**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `309023a00c33`, `#114887`, `#114887`, `#114468`, `#44728`, `#114469`, `#114468`, `#44728`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114887 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.
- Subsystem: `agent`