CVE-2026-7574

Anthropic Claude Desktop Cowork VM Image Contents Not Validated Before Use

Published Jun 23, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 8.7 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Anthropic Claude Desktop Cowork VM image handling (confirmed across v1.1348.0 through v1.2278.0, including v1.1348.0, v1.1617.0, and v1.2278.0) validates only file presence and a version marker string before booting rootfs.img, but does not verify image content integrity at time-of-use. A local attacker with unprivileged code execution as the victim macOS user can modify the VM root filesystem image and have it trusted on subsequent Cowork VM boots, enabling persistent arbitrary code execution in the VM and access to host-mounted directories. The estimated CWE mapping is CWE-353 (Missing Support for Integrity Check).

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Anthropic
Anthropic claude Desktop
Vendors & Products Anthropic
Anthropic claude Desktop
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 Anthropic Claude Desktop Cowork VM image handling (confirmed across v1.1348.0 through v1.2278.0, including v1.1348.0, v1.1617.0, and v1.2278.0) validates only file presence and a version marker string before booting rootfs.img, but does not verify image content integrity at time-of-use. A local attacker with unprivileged code execution as the victim macOS user can modify the VM root filesystem image and have it trusted on subsequent Cowork VM boots, enabling persistent arbitrary code execution in the VM and access to host-mounted directories. The estimated CWE mapping is CWE-353 (Missing Support for Integrity Check).
Title Anthropic Claude Desktop Cowork VM Image Contents Not Validated Before Use
Weaknesses CWE-353
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
AHA
Published
Updated
Jun 24, 2026, 1:04 PM
Reserved
May 1, 2026, 2:06 AM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Jun 24, 2026, 12:16 AM
Modified
Oct 25, 2026, 11:10 PM