# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Reject command-shaped API key inputs in auth

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #54996: Command-shaped API key inputs can poison credential pool auth
- PR #54997: fix(auth): reject command-shaped API key values

These items address a security concern where API key inputs shaped like commands could poison credential pool authentication. The focus is on validating and rejecting such malformed or malicious API key values.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #54996: Command-shaped API key inputs can poison credential pool auth

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#54997: fix(auth): reject command-shaped API key values**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#54996`, `#28281`
  - files: `agent/credential_persistence.py`, `agent/credential_pool.py`, `hermes_cli/auth_commands.py`, `tests/agent/test_credential_pool.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_auth_commands.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_dashboard_admin_endpoints.py`
- **#55373: fix(security): reject command-shaped API key inputs in credential pool (#54996)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#58265`

## Fix status

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