# NousResearch/hermes-agent · brace-expansion vulnerability audit fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs concern a known vulnerability in the brace-expansion dependency (GHSA-rgw5-rvv9-x895), including a root-level override pinning it to a vulnerable version and efforts to bump it to a safe release.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #77950: Root \`overrides\` pins brace-expansion to vulnerable 5.0.8, making \`npm audit fix\` a no-op (GHSA-rgw5-rvv9-x895)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#77967: fix(deps): bump brace-expansion to 5.0.9**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#78353: fix(deps): bump undici and brace-expansion to clear npm audit advisories**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#77999`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`