CVE-2026-10222

MEDIUMNVD 5.65.6
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.6 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: LOW) published 2026-06-01. NVD baseline CVSS 5.6; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekElevated
5.6
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 5.6Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

A security flaw has been discovered in NousResearch hermes-agent up to 2026.4.30. Affected by this issue is the function _sanitize_env_lines of the file hermes_cli/config.py. The manipulation results in injection. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The attack requires a high level of complexity. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

CVSS v3
5.6
EG Score
5.6(medium)
EG Risk
41(Track)
EG Risk 41/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity56% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS
18.3%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 1, 2026

Last Modified

July 22, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jun 13, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Environment Variable Semantic Injection via Substring Split in .env Parser (_sanitize_env_lines) · GitHub

https://gist.github.com/YLChen-007/7ee2eeaa383b3540d2e8854250c03fb0

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-10222(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
PyPI(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
hermes-agent0.13.0 ... 0.17.0 (7 versions)0.18.0

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 45× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-23 03:04 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-22 07:21 UTCNVD updateCVSS v4 → 2.9
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  17. 2026-07-08 17:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-07-02 02:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  4. 2026-07-01 00:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-06-30 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-06-29 19:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  8. 2026-06-28 19:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  12. 2026-06-27 21:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  14. 2026-06-26 22:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-06-25 23:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  17. 2026-06-25 01:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  29. 2026-06-18 09:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  44. 2026-06-11 14:00 UTCEPSS rescore
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  46. 2026-06-10 16:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  52. 2026-06-07 20:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  55. 2026-06-06 21:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  59. 2026-06-05 23:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  67. 2026-06-04 01:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  75. 2026-06-01 05:33 UTCEG score recompute

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-10222?
CVE-2026-10222 is a medium vulnerability published on June 1, 2026. A security flaw has been discovered in NousResearch hermes-agent up to 2026.4.30. Affected by this issue is the function sanitizeenvlines of the file hermescli/config.py. The manipulation results in injection. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The attack requires a high level of…
When was CVE-2026-10222 disclosed?
CVE-2026-10222 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 1, 2026, with the most recent update on July 22, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-10222 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-10222 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 18.3% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-10222?
CVE-2026-10222 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.6 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-10222?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-10222, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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