medium5.3
CVE-2026-55205
Hermes WebUI before 0.51.468 contains a resource exhaustion vulnerability in the unauthenticated POST /api/onboarding/oauth/start endpoint that allows unbounde…
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|
| Hermes WebUI | before 0.51.468 |
Versions were read from the advisory text. No structured product data has been published for this record yet.
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://github.com/nesquena/hermes-webui/commit/ce272d9cd5f8e5a4521278f56eb5388010901646
- https://github.com/nesquena/hermes-webui/pull/3970
- https://github.com/nesquena/hermes-webui/pull/4338
- https://github.com/nesquena/hermes-webui/releases/tag/v0.51.468
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hermes-webui-resource-exhaustion-via-unauthenticated-oauth-flow-endpoint