CVE-2025-59536

Claude Code's startup trust dialog could lead to Command Execution attack

Published Oct 3, 2025 CVSS 4.0 · 8.7 High EPSS 25.2% KEV · Not listed
Description
Claude Code is an agentic coding tool. Versions before 1.0.111 were vulnerable to Code Injection due to a bug in the startup trust dialog implementation. Claude Code could be tricked to execute code contained in a project before the user accepted the startup trust dialog. Exploiting this requires a user to start Claude Code in an untrusted directory. 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. This issue is fixed in version 1.0.111.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-32229 Claude Code can execute commands prior to the startup trust dialog
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-4fgq-fpq9-mr3g Claude Code can execute commands prior to the startup trust dialog
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Anthropic
Anthropic claude Code
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:anthropic:claude_code:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
Vendors & Products Anthropic
Anthropic claude Code
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Anthropics
Anthropics claude Code
Vendors & Products Anthropics
Anthropics claude Code
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Claude Code is an agentic coding tool. Versions before 1.0.111 were vulnerable to Code Injection due to a bug in the startup trust dialog implementation. Claude Code could be tricked to execute code contained in a project before the user accepted the startup trust dialog. Exploiting this requires a user to start Claude Code in an untrusted directory. 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. This issue is fixed in version 1.0.111.
Title Claude Code's startup trust dialog could lead to Command Execution attack
Weaknesses CWE-94
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, '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'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Oct 3, 2025, 1:26 PM
Reserved
Sep 17, 2025, 5:04 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Oct 3, 2025, 7:15 AM
Modified
Oct 12, 2026, 3:10 PM