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GHSA-4vp2-6q8c-pvq2

@anthropic-ai/claude-code has an Insecure Temporary File in /copy Command that Enables Response Disclosure and Symlink-Based File Write

Quick fix

GHSA-4vp2-6q8c-pvq2 — @anthropic-ai/claude-code: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

npm install @anthropic-ai/claude-code@2.1.128

Details

The Claude Code `/copy` command wrote responses to a hardcoded, predictable path (`/tmp/claude/response.md`) without UID isolation, randomness, or symlink protection. The file was created world-readable (0644) in a world-traversable directory (0755), allowing any local user to read a privileged user's Claude response, which could contain secrets or credentials. Additionally, because the path was static and predictable, a local attacker could pre-create the directory and plant a symlink at the expected file path, causing the privileged process to follow the symlink and overwrite an attacker-chosen file with the response text. Exploiting this required a local unprivileged user on the same system and a privileged user to run the `/copy` command.

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

Claude Code thanks hackerone.com/c_h4ck_0 for reporting this issue.

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Affected packages

npm/@anthropic-ai/claude-code
Introduced in: 2.1.59Fixed in: 2.1.128
Fixnpm install @anthropic-ai/claude-code@2.1.128

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