Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-85106 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-85106 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-85106?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 6.3, published 3 September 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- NousResearch Hermes Agent 0.18.0.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-85106?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-85106 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-85106?
- Check whether you run NousResearch Hermes Agent at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
The vulnerability is a server-side request forgery (SSRF) flaw in the fetchLinkTitle function within apps/desktop/src/app/artifacts/index.tsx. The vulnerable component fails to properly validate or sanitize the url argument before using it to fetch link titles, allowing an attacker to inject arbitrary URLs. The attack is remotely exploitable without authentication required. An attacker can craft a malicious URL to cause the application to make HTTP requests to unintended destinations, potentially accessing internal services, metadata endpoints, or launching further attacks. The vendor was contacted but has not responded with a fix as of the advisory date.
Affected products
- NousResearch hermes-agent 0.18.0
Timeline
- 2026-09-03: disclosed: Public disclosure via NVD
- 2026-09-03: other: Vendor contacted early but did not respond