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GHSA-7MV8-J34Q-VP7Q

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-11-20 21:28 – Updated: 2025-11-21 15:32

Summary

@anthropic-ai/claude-code has Sed Command Validation Bypass that Allows Arbitrary File Writes

Details

Due to an error in sed command parsing, it was possible to bypass the Claude Code read-only validation and write to arbitrary files on the host system.

Users on standard Claude Code auto-update will have received this fix automatically. Users performing manual updates are advised to update to the latest version.

Thank you to Adam Chester - SpecterOps for reporting this issue!

Severity ?

8.7 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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  "modified": "2025-11-21T15:32:13Z",
  "published": "2025-11-20T21:28:08Z",
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}

CVE-2025-64755 (GCVE-0-2025-64755)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-11-21 01:13 – Updated: 2025-11-24 18:13

Summary

Claude Code is an agentic coding tool. Prior to version 2.0.31, due to an error in sed command parsing, it was possible to bypass the Claude Code read-only validation and write to arbitrary files on the host system. This issue has been patched in version 2.0.31.

Severity ?

8.7 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CWE

CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

Assigner

GitHub_M

References

URL

Tags

https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/securit…

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	anthropics	claude-code	Affected: < 2.0.31

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GHSA-7MV8-J34Q-VP7Q

CVE-2025-64755 (GCVE-0-2025-64755)

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