提交 #822018: NousResearch hermes-agent <= v2026.4.30 Improper Input Validation (CWE-20)

# Technical Details
A Prompt Injection Filter Bypass exists in the `_serve_plugin_skill` and `skill_view` methods in `tools/skills_tool.py` of hermes-agent.

The application fails to use robust regex matching for prompt injection detection, relying instead on naive exact-string substring matching via the `in` operator.

# Vulnerable Code
File: tools/skills_tool.py
Method: _serve_plugin_skill / skill_view
Why: `_INJECTION_PATTERNS` defines static literal strings, and the methods use `p in content.lower()` which only matches exact contiguous character sequences, failing to catch multi-word variants or synonym substitutions.

# Reproduction
1. Set up the hermes-agent environment: `export HERMES_ROOT=$(pwd)`
2. Download and execute the exploit PoC script (https://gist.github.com/YLChen-007/88d745b9bcd3d49d47427a0f7b2308e7) via `python3 poc_exploit.py`.
3. Observe that prompt payloads with extra words or synonym substitutions successfully bypass the filter and are injected into the agent's context.

# Impact
- Exfiltration of sensitive data (environment variables, API keys, file contents).
- Execution of arbitrary commands via the agent's shell tool, and override of safety constraints.

• 来源: ⚠️ https://gist.github.com/YLChen-007/9dd399c6f75b31fa741a613dfd41de08
• 用户: Eric-j (UID 98073)
• 提交: 2026-05-07 15時38分 (1 月前)
• 管理: 2026-05-31 09時51分 (24 days later)
• 状态: 已接受
• VulDB条目: 367499 [NousResearch hermes-agent 直到 2026.4.30 tools/skills_tool.py _serve_plugin_skill/skill_view 权限提升]
• 积分: 20