# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Hardening tool registry against forgeable identity attacks

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #56271: harden tool-registry override/deregister gates: forgeable module-name identity
- PR #56290: fix(tools): harden registry override/deregister gates against forgeable identity

These items address security weaknesses in the tool registry's override and deregister gates, where module-name identity could be forged. The proposed fixes involve binding registry access controls to owner tokens rather than relying on forgeable identifiers.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #56271: harden tool-registry override/deregister gates: forgeable module-name identity

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#56290: fix(tools): harden registry override/deregister gates against forgeable identity**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/plugins.py`, `tests/tools/test_registry.py`, `tools/registry.py`
- **#56443: fix(security): bind tool override gates to owner tokens**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#56290`, `#56271`, `#56661`, `#56662`

## Fix status

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