# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Email gateway From: header spoofing security fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items track and address a security vulnerability where spoofed From: headers could bypass authorization in the email gateway adapter. The work involves authenticating allowlisted senders and rejecting forged From: headers.

## 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 #52801. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #52801 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #46434: \[Security tracking\] Authorization Bypass via Spoofed \`From:\` Header in Email Gateway Adapter (GHSA-rxqh-5572-8m77)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#52801: fix(email): reject spoofed From: header for authorization (GHSA-rxqh-5572-8m77)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `plugins/platforms/email/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_email.py`
- **#46718: fix(email): authenticate allowlist sender**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `85e084d60d57b8e0fdbddaa73cb3b59950297c37`, `#52801`, `#46434`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #52801 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-06-26`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`