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null byte sanitization in terminal and cron tools

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #80258 on 6 Aug 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These issues address crashes or unsafe behavior caused by embedded null bytes, with fixes focusing on sanitizing input at ingestion rather than at each syscall boundary. The terminal tool and cron lifecycle guard are both affected.

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  • #80258 fix(cron): make the lifecycle guard total — sanitize at ingestion, not per-syscall

    merged to main

    files: cron/lifecycle_guard.py, cron/scheduler.py, tests/cron/test_cron_no_agent.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_restart_loop.py, tools/terminal_tool.py

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: superseded by another PR 1

  • #79151 fix: terminal tool crashes with 'embedded null byte' when command references a binary via absolute path · superseded by another PR → #80258, #76762, #77703, #77780, #78256
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#79148fix: terminal tool crashes with 'embedded null byte' when command references a binary via absolute path
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