# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Shell-hook allowlist should verify script content hash

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #57558: Shell-hook allowlist keys on the command string, so an approved hook script can be edited and stays trusted
- PR #57562: fix(security): verify shell-hook script content hash in allowlist gate
- PR #57697: fix(shell-hooks): verify script content hash before trusting allowlist entry

These issues and PRs concern a security gap where the shell-hook allowlist keys on the command string rather than the script's content, allowing an approved script to be edited and remain trusted without re-approval. The proposed fix is to verify a hash of the script content before honoring an allowlist entry.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #57558: Shell-hook allowlist keys on the command string, so an approved hook script can be edited and stays trusted

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#57562: fix(security): verify shell-hook script content hash in allowlist gate**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `agent/shell_hooks.py`, `hermes_cli/hooks.py`, `tests/agent/test_shell_hooks.py`
- **#57697: fix(shell-hooks): verify script content hash before trusting allowlist entry**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#57562`, `#57558`
  - files: `agent/shell_hooks.py`, `hermes_cli/hooks.py`
- **#57952: \[codex\] fix(shell-hooks): reapprove changed scripts**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#57562`, `#57558`, `#57697`

## Fix status

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