CVE-2026-55205
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CVE-2026-55205 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 6.9/10 on the CVSS scale. Hermes WebUI before 0.51.468 contains a resource exhaustion vulnerability in the unauthenticated POST /api/onboarding/oauth/start endpoint that allows unbounded accumulation of in-memory flow state and daemon threads. Attackers can send repeated or concurrent requests to exhaust server memory and thread resources, potentially triggering repeated outbound device-code requests to upstream OAuth providers.. EPSS estimates a 0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
Hermes WebUI before 0.51.468 contains a resource exhaustion vulnerability in the unauthenticated POST /api/onboarding/oauth/start endpoint that allows unbounded accumulation of in-memory flow state and daemon threads. Attackers can send repeated or concurrent requests to exhaust server memory and thread resources, potentially triggering repeated outbound device-code requests to upstream OAuth providers.
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/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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- Status
- Deferred
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