CVE-2026-55197

June 17, 2026, 8:21 p.m.

7.1
High

Description

Hermes WebUI before 0.51.443 contains a broken access control vulnerability in the /api/session endpoint that allows authenticated users to disclose cross-profile session transcripts. Attackers can bypass profile boundary checks by directly querying session IDs belonging to other profiles via GET /api/session?session_id=<foreign_id>&messages=1 to retrieve unauthorized conversation transcripts and metadata.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Hermes
  • Hermes Webui
  • *

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-639
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
The system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a hermes hermes_webui / / / / / / / /

References

https://github.com/nesquena/hermes-webui/commit/2a3baa71b81ca92da8ece8616a09f15894beec71
https://github.com/nesquena/hermes-webui/pull/3982
https://github.com/nesquena/hermes-webui/pull/4269
https://github.com/nesquena/hermes-webui/releases/tag/v0.51.443
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hermes-webui-broken-access-control-in-api-session-endpoint
https://github.com/nesquena/hermes-webui/pull/3982

Tags

CWE-639
[email protected]
2026-06-17
CVE-2026-55197

CVSS Score

7.1 / 10

CVSS Data - 4.0

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Attack Requirements: NONE
  • Privileges Required: LOW
  • User Interaction: NONE
  • Scope:
  • Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: NONE
  • Exploit Maturity: NOT_DEFINED

    • CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

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Timeline

Published: June 17, 2026, 7:18 p.m.
Last Modified: June 17, 2026, 8:21 p.m.

Status : Deferred

When a CVE is given this status the NVD does not plan analyze or re-analyze this CVE due to resource or other concerns.

More info

Source

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