High

Claude Code Vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution Due to Insufficient Startup Warning

  • Disclosed: 03.09.2025
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

When Claude Code was started in a new directory, it displayed a warning asking, "Do you trust the files in this folder?". This warning did not properly document that selecting "Yes, proceed" would allow Claude Code to execute files in the folder without additional confirmation. This may not have been clear to a user so we have updated the warning to clarify this functionality. 

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 https://hackerone.com/avivdon for reporting this issue!

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
npm package @anthropic-ai/claude-code < 1.0.87 1.0.87

References

CVSS score -
CVSS vector
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
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-94
Platform
npm
Package
@anthropic-ai/claude-code
Disclosed
03.09.2025
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-ph6w-f82w-28w6 - 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 Vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution Due to Insufficient Startup Warning this entry
    High ghsa-ph6w-f82w-28w6 < 1.0.87 1.0.87
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