# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Webhook payload sanitization for LLM prompt injection

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a security concern where attacker-controlled webhook payload fields were being forwarded directly into LLM agent prompts without sanitization. The changes involve sanitizing webhook payload values and requiring explicit agent prompts to reduce prompt injection risk.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #8820: \[Security\]: webhook routes forward attacker-controlled payload fields directly into agent prompt

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#26817: fix(webhook): require explicit agent prompts**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#8820`, `#53562`
- **#34128: fix(gateway): sanitize webhook payload values before embedding in LLM prompts**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#53562`

## Fix status

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