# NousResearch/hermes-agent · WeCom/gateway file:// URL path traversal fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A reported vulnerability and multiple fix attempts addressing arbitrary file read via file:// URL path traversal in the WeCom adapter and gateway. The fixes focus on sandboxing and validating local media file paths to restrict access.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #8733: Arbitrary File Read via \`file://\` URL Path Traversal in WeCom Adapter

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#8747: fix(gateway): validate file:// media paths to prevent path traversal**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
- **#26424: fix(wecom): bound outbound local media paths**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#8733`

## Fix status

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