CVE-2026-40068

Claude Code arbitrary code execution via git worktree commondir trust dialog bypass

Published May 5, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 7.7 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
In versions 2.1.63 through 2.1.83 of Claude Code, the folder trust determination logic used the git worktree commondir file without validating its contents. An attacker could craft a malicious repository with a commondir file pointing to a path the victim had previously trusted, causing Claude Code to bypass its trust confirmation dialog and immediately execute hooks defined in `.claude/settings.json`. Exploitation requires the victim to clone the malicious repository and run Claude Code within it, and the attacker must know or guess a path the victim had already trusted. This issue has been fixed in version 2.1.84.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-q5hj-mxqh-vv77 Claude Code: Trust Dialog Bypass via Git Worktree Spoofing Allows Arbitrary Code Execution
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Anthropic
Anthropic claude Code
Weaknesses NVD-CWE-noinfo
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
Metrics ssvc

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Anthropics
Anthropics claude Code
Vendors & Products Anthropics
Anthropics claude Code
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description In versions 2.1.63 through 2.1.83 of Claude Code, the folder trust determination logic used the git worktree commondir file without validating its contents. An attacker could craft a malicious repository with a commondir file pointing to a path the victim had previously trusted, causing Claude Code to bypass its trust confirmation dialog and immediately execute hooks defined in `.claude/settings.json`. Exploitation requires the victim to clone the malicious repository and run Claude Code within it, and the attacker must know or guess a path the victim had already trusted. This issue has been fixed in version 2.1.84.
Title Claude Code arbitrary code execution via git worktree commondir trust dialog bypass
Weaknesses CWE-20
CWE-77
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
May 6, 2026, 3:24 PM
Reserved
Apr 9, 2026, 12:39 AM
Status
Analyzed
Published
May 5, 2026, 9:16 PM
Modified
Jul 24, 2026, 9:10 PM