Claude Code is an agentic coding tool. Versions below 1.0.120 failed to account for symlinks when checking permission deny rules. If a user explicitly denied Claude Code access to a file and Claude Code had access to a symlink pointing to t…
Exact source revision recorded 25 Oct 2026 03:17:27 UTC. It does not establish the source's current position. Latest evidence.
nvd · CVE-2025-59829
PublishedClaude Code is an agentic coding tool. Versions below 1.0.120 failed to account for symlinks when checking permission deny rules. If a user explicitly denied Claude Code access to a file and Claude Code had access to a symlink pointing to that file, it was possible for Claude Code to access the file. 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 1.0.120.
NVD analysis and CPE criteria are source context, not proof that a package or your environment is affected. Complete affected data, logical configurations and SSVC are retained in the original JSON.
Source analysis status: Analyzed
Weakness classifications: CWE-61
Original publisher date fields
published: 2025-10-03T20:15:33.653
lastModified: 2026-10-08T22:10:00.563
1 source CPE criteria · context only
- cpe:2.3:a:anthropic:claude_code:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
The original JSON retains the logical configuration operators, exclusions and version bounds.
- Source published
- 3 Oct 2025 20:15:33 UTC
- Source modified
- 8 Oct 2026 22:10:00 UTC
- Observed here
- 25 Oct 2026 03:17:27 UTC
- Source terms
- NIST NVD usage terms; underlying source attribution retained
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