GHSA-hq7f-wv7c-w9mpMediumCVSS 5.3
Hermes WebUI before 0.51.468 contains a resource exhaustion vulnerability in the unauthenticated...
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
Hermes WebUI before 0.51.468 contains a resource exhaustion vulnerability in the unauthenticated POST /api/onboarding/oauth/start endpoint that allows unbounded accumulation of in-memory flow state and daemon threads. Attackers can send repeated or concurrent requests to exhaust server memory and thread resources, potentially triggering repeated outbound device-code requests to upstream OAuth providers.
🔗 References (7)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55205
- https://github.com/nesquena/hermes-webui/pull/3970
- https://github.com/nesquena/hermes-webui/pull/4338
- https://github.com/nesquena/hermes-webui/commit/ce272d9cd5f8e5a4521278f56eb5388010901646
- https://github.com/nesquena/hermes-webui/releases/tag/v0.51.468
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hermes-webui-resource-exhaustion-via-unauthenticated-oauth-flow-endpoint
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hq7f-wv7c-w9mp