# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Reducing false positives in exfil_curl/exfil_wget detection patterns

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern overly broad pattern matching in exfil_curl and exfil_wget context-scan rules that incorrectly flag legitimate API usage. The work involves narrowing regex scope and adding word boundaries to reduce false positives.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #98322. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #98322 (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-98322`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #63977: exfil_curl context-scan pattern blocks legitimate API recipes in SOUL.md — whole identity file silently replaced, agent runs on stock persona

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#64053: fix(tools): narrow exfil_curl/exfil_wget scope and add \\b boundary**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#63994`, `#63977`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#98322: fix(security): env vars with mid-name API/KEY/TOKEN no longer flag as exfiltration (salvage #63994)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_threat_patterns.py`, `tools/skills_guard.py`, `tools/threat_patterns.py`
- **#63994: fix(tools): reduce false positives in exfil_curl/exfil_wget patterns**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#98322`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #98322 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-30`.
- Subsystem: `agent`