Medium

Claude Code Leaks Data via Malicious Environment Configuration Before Trust Confirmation

  • Disclosed: 21.01.2026
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

A vulnerability in Claude Code's project-load flow allowed malicious repositories to exfiltrate data including Anthropic API keys before users confirmed trust. If a user started Claude Code in an attacker-controller repository, and the repository included a settings file that set ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL to an attacker-controlled endpoint, Claude Code would issue API requests before showing the trust prompt, including potentially leaking the user's API keys.

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

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
npm package @anthropic-ai/claude-code < 2.0.65 2.0.65

References

CVSS score -
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-522
Platform
npm
Package
@anthropic-ai/claude-code
Disclosed
21.01.2026
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-jh7p-qr78-84p7 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: @anthropic-ai/claude-code

All published vulnerabilities of this package (npm package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (29) in the archive
Total entries
29
First → latest
06.2025 10.2026
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • High 23
  • Medium 4
  • Low 2

Disclosures per year

  1. 2025: 13
  2. 2026: 16
Severity:
  1. Claude Code Leaks Data via Malicious Environment Configuration Before Trust Confirmation this entry
    Medium CVE-2026-21852 < 2.0.65 2.0.65

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