NousResearch/hermes-agent

Lifecycle guard bypass via dot-sourced scripts

Cluster 77925 · cron. Data as of

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #93411 on 24 Aug 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These issues and pull requests address a bug where dot-operator sourced scripts were not being scanned by the lifecycle guard, potentially allowing them to bypass security checks. Related fixes also cover NUL-padded scripts evading the same guard.

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  • #93411 fix: dot-sourced and NUL-padded scripts no longer bypass the gateway lifecycle guard (#77925 #77927, salvage #77926 #77928)

    merged to main

    files: cron/lifecycle_guard.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_restart_loop.py

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: merged via another change 1

  • #77926 fix(cron): scan dot-operator sourced scripts in lifecycle guard (#77925) · merged via another change → a9e4622, #93411
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#77925lifecycle_guard: dot-operator sourced scripts are never scanned (Path(".").name is "")
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Subsystem
cron
Merged PRs
#93411
Closed issues
1
Attempts
1 PR closed without merging
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24 Aug 2026

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