# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Docker env/secret values exposed in world-readable argv

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A security issue where the Docker backend passes forwarded environment and secret values via command-line arguments to \`docker exec\`, making them visible in /proc/*/cmdline. The members cover the vulnerability report and associated fixes to keep these values out of the process argument list.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #99637. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #99637 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-99637`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #96268: security: docker backend passes forwarded env values via \`docker exec -e KEY=VALUE\` — secrets are world-readable in /proc/*/cmdline on every terminal call

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#99637: fix(docker): keep forwarded secret values out of world-readable argv**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_docker_environment.py`, `tools/environments/docker.py`
- **#96314: fix(docker): forwarded env values leave world-readable argv**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#96316`, `#96268`
- **#96316: fix(docker): keep forwarded env values out of docker argv**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#99637`, `#96268`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #99637 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-31`.