Claude Code: Plugin Hash Pin Bypass Allows Bypass of Hash Pinning
The plugin install flow in Claude Code and Claude Desktop checked out a marketplace's pinned commit SHA using git checkout without verifying that the resulting HEAD matched the pinned SHA. An attacker controlling a plugin's upstream repository could create a branch named identically to the pinned 40-character SHA, causing the checkout to silently resolve to the attacker's branch tip instead of the reviewed commit, resulting in attacker-controlled code being installed bypassing the pinned hash.
Exploitation required a user to install a malicious plugin, pin to a safe hash, and for the plugin source to be hosted on a git host that permitted SHA-shaped branch names.
Thank you to Or Nevo Michrowski of Air Security for reporting this issue.
What to do
Users on standard Claude Code auto-update have received this fix already. Users performing manual updates are advised to update to version 2.1.179 or the latest version.
Affected software
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| Platform | Package | Vulnerable versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm package | @anthropic-ai/claude-code | < 2.1.179 | 2.1.179 |
References
- CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N- Weakness (CWE)
CWE-494, CWE-829- Platform
- npm
- Package
@anthropic-ai/claude-code- Disclosed
- 15.10.2026
- Updated
- 20.10.2026 08:34
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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.
- 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
- 2025: 13
- 2026: 16
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