CVE-2026-53871
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
Hermes WebUI before 0.51.368 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in the get_profile_cookie() function that accepts unauthenticated profile names from the hermes_profile cookie. An authenticated attacker can forge the hermes_profile cookie value to bypass profile-scoped authorization checks and access sessions, files, and resources across different profiles.
Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
8.6
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2026-06-17 19:18:11.023000
Last modified
2026-10-25 23:10:00.167000
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"sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
"published": "2026-06-17T19:18:11.023",
"lastModified": "2026-10-25T23:10:00.167",
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"source": "[email protected]",
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