Claude Desktop: SSH Host Key Verification Bypass Allows Man-in-the-Middle Attack on Remote Sessions
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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| anthropics | claude-code | affected |
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| Anthropics | Claude Code |
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No CVSS v3.0
No CVSS v2
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.135% probability within 30 days)
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Anthropic
Anthropic claude Desktop |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:anthropic:claude_desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Anthropic
Anthropic claude Desktop |
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cvssV3_1
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ssvc
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Anthropics
Anthropics claude Code |
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Anthropics
Anthropics claude Code |
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| Description | The Claude Desktop app gives you Claude Code with a graphical interface built for running multiple sessions side by side. From 1.2581.0 to before 1.4304.0, Claude Desktop's SSH remote development feature verified only whether a hostname existed in ~/.ssh/known_hosts without comparing the server's presented host key against the stored key. This allowed a network-positioned attacker to present an arbitrary SSH host key and have the connection silently accepted, enabling a man-in-the-middle attack on remote development sessions. Successful exploitation required the attacker to be in a network position to intercept SSH traffic (e.g., via ARP spoofing, rogue Wi-Fi, or DNS poisoning) and the target hostname to already have an entry in the victim's known_hosts file. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.4304.0. | |
| Title | Claude Desktop: SSH Host Key Verification Bypass Allows Man-in-the-Middle Attack on Remote Sessions | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-297 CWE-322 |
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cvssV4_0
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