A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in NousResearch hermes-agent up to 0.12.0. This affects the function resolve_session_by_title of the file hermes_state.py of the component resume Endpoint. Such manipulation of the argument Title leads to authorization bypass.

This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2026-11461. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.