# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Vulnerable dependency security advisories and patching

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address high-severity npm audit advisories in web, UI-TUI, and desktop dependency chains. They involve patching vulnerable dependencies and adding safeguards such as publication-age floors and npm script allow-lists.

## 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 #75037. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #75037 (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-75037`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #68736: security: current web and ui-tui dev dependency locks retain high npm audit advisories

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#75037: fix(sec): patch vulnerable deps + add publication-age floors and npm script allow-list**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `.npmrc`, `apps/bootstrap-installer/package.json`, `apps/desktop/package.json`, `apps/desktop/src/app/artifacts/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-composer-draft.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-composer-draft.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/status-stack/goal-indicator.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/status-stack/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/profile-switcher.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/command-palette/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/surfaces.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/wiring.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/hooks/use-keybinds.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/hooks/use-route-enum-param.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/hooks/use-route-overlay-active.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/messaging/index.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/pet-generate/pet-generate-content.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session-switcher.tsx` (+60 more)
- **#70824: fix(desktop): refresh vulnerable dependency chain**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #75037 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-31`.
- Subsystem: `dashboard`