Code Injection Vulnerability in Claude Code by Anthropic
CVE-2025-59536

8.7HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Anthropics

Status
Claude-code
Vendor
CVE Published:
3 October 2025

What is CVE-2025-59536?

Claude Code, an advanced coding tool by Anthropic, had a critical flaw allowing code injection via the startup trust dialog. Attackers could potentially manipulate the application to execute arbitrary code in untrusted directories before the user acknowledges the trust dialog. Users operating with the automatic update feature have received the essential fix in version 1.0.111. Manual update users are strongly encouraged to upgrade their instances to safeguard their environments.

Affected Version(s)

claude-code < 1.0.111

References

https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/security/adviso...
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CVSS V4

Score:
8.7
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Attack Required:
None
Privileges Required:
Undefined
User Interaction:
Unknown

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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CVE-2025-59536 : Code Injection Vulnerability in Claude Code by Anthropic