Vulnerability GHSA-q5hj-mxqh-vv77

High Risk
HIGH RISK
CVSS Score: 8.0
Score Range: 7.0–8.9
High severity vulnerabilities (CVSS 7.0–8.9). Serious vulnerabilities that should be prioritized soon after critical fixes.
5 months ago
April 24, 2026 at 04:34 PM UTC
Claude Code: Trust Dialog Bypass via Git Worktree Spoofing Allows Arbitrary Code Execution
2.1.63 - 2.1.83
2.1.63 - 2.1.83

Summary

Claude Code: Trust Dialog Bypass via Git Worktree Spoofing Allows Arbitrary Code Execution

Details

Claude Code used the git worktree commondir file when determining folder trust but did not validate its contents. By crafting a repository with a commondir file pointing to a path the victim had previously trusted, an attacker could bypass the trust dialog and immediately execute malicious hooks defined in .claude/settings.json. Exploiting this required the victim to clone a malicious repository and run Claude Code within it, and for the attacker to know or guess a path the victim had already trusted.

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/masato_anzai for reporting this issue.

Impacted packages

Timeline

Published
5 months ago
April 24, 2026 at 04:34 PM UTC
Fixed (2.1.84)
6 months ago
March 25, 2026 at 11:50 PM UTC
Last Modified
5 months ago
May 08, 2026 at 03:50 PM UTC