# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Restrict arbitrary file writes in fs write-text API

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #95306: \[Security\]: /api/fs/write-text allows unguarded arbitrary file write — authenticated session to code execution
- PR #95339: fix(security): refuse sensitive targets in fs write-text

These items address a security vulnerability where the /api/fs/write-text endpoint allowed authenticated users to write arbitrary files without sufficient restrictions, and introduce sandboxing or target refusal as mitigations.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

## Open related issues

- #95306: \[Security\]: /api/fs/write-text allows unguarded arbitrary file write — authenticated session to code execution

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#95339: fix(security): refuse sensitive targets in fs write-text**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#95317`
  - files: `hermes_cli/web_server.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server_fs_write_guard.py`
- **#95344: fix(dashboard): sandbox /api/fs/write-text writes (#95306)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `wontfix_bydesign`; implication `wontfix`; refs `9863e315f1fe`

## Fix status

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