Medium 5.9Published Jan 12, 2026

CVE-2026-22798hermes's raw options logging may disclose secrets passed in via subcommand options argument

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 11:50 AM ET)

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hermes is an implementation of the HERMES workflow to automatize software publication with rich metadata. From 0.8.1 to before 0.9.1, hermes subcommands take arbitrary options under the -O argument. These have been logged in raw form. If users provide sensitive data such as API tokens (e.g., via hermes deposit -O invenio_rdm.auth_token SECRET), these are written to the log file in plain text, making them available to whoever can access the log file. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.1.

CVSS: 5.9 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-532
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: GitHub_M
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Jan 13, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

softwarepub hermes softwarepub:hermes (from the name)	from 0.8.1, < 0.9.1	CNA record
software-metadata.pub hermes software-metadata.pub:hermes	from 0.8.1 before 0.9.1	NVD

References

https://github.com/softwarepub/hermes/security/advisories/GHSA-jm5j-jfrm-hm23x-refsource-confirm, patch, vendor-advisory
https://github.com/softwarepub/hermes/commit/7f64f102e916c76dc44404b77ab2a80f5a4e59b1x-refsource-misc, patch
https://github.com/softwarepub/hermes/commit/90cb86acd026e7841f2539ae7a1b284a7f263514x-refsource-misc, patch

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