Bug 2494422 (CVE-2026-55607) - CVE-2026-55607 Claude Code: @anthropic-ai/claude-code: Claude Code: Arbitrary code execution through git directory confusion
Summary: CVE-2026-55607 Claude Code: @anthropic-ai/claude-code: Claude Code: Arbitrary...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-55607
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-06-29 15:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-06-30 20:14 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-06-29 15:01:42 UTC
Claude Code is an agentic coding tool.  From 2.1.38 until 2.1.163, Claude Code's worktree handling allowed creation of worktrees named ".git" and navigation to worktrees outside the sandbox context, enabling git directory confusion attacks. By exploiting symlink manipulation and git fsmonitor execution during worktree operations, an attacker could overwrite files in the user's home directory (such as .zshenv), leading to code execution outside of seatbelt sandbox restrictions. Reliably exploiting this required the user to clone a malicious repository containing prompt injection content and run Claude Code against it. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.1.163.


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