Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File Affecting hermes package, versions [0.8.1,0.9.1)
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- published14 Jan 2026
- disclosed12 Jan 2026
- creditTom
Introduced: 12 Jan 2026
CVE-2026-22798 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade hermes to version 0.9.1 or higher.
Overview
hermes is a Workflow to publish research software with rich metadata
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File in the -O options argument handling process. An attacker can obtain sensitive information by accessing log files that contain secrets passed as subcommand options.