# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix deny rules bypassed by shell command prefixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #76037: \[Bug\]: approvals.deny rules are bypassed by any command prefix — fnmatch is anchored, so 'cd repo && git push --force' is allowed
- PR #76063: fix(approval): enforce deny rules after command prefixes

These issues and PRs address a bug where approval deny rules could be evaded by prepending shell prefixes (e.g., 'cd repo &&') to commands, because fnmatch matching was anchored and did not check individual command segments.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #76037: \[Bug\]: approvals.deny rules are bypassed by any command prefix — fnmatch is anchored, so 'cd repo && git push --force' is allowed

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#76063: fix(approval): enforce deny rules after command prefixes**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `6fac5a2f6054f6257e99fb2ea6d8433226a5e58e`, `be38224b4`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_approval_deny_rules.py`, `tools/approval.py`
- **#76178: fix(tools): match deny-rule segments to bypass shell prefix evasion (#76037)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#76063`
- **#76551: fix(tools): deny rules now match command segments, not just full variants (#76037)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#76063`

## Fix status

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