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Claude Code: TOCTOU Race in Edit Tool Allows File Writes Outside the Workspace

CVSS 4.0 7.7 HIGHEUVD CVSS 4.0 7.7 CVSS 4.0 · [email protected] · Secondary 7.7 HIGHCVSS_V4 Publisher rating HIGHFixed by @anthropic-ai/claude-code 2.1.251KEV status unknown

cve-program · CVE-2026-88968

Published

Claude Code is an agentic coding tool. Prior to 2.1.251, the Edit tool validates a target using pathname and symlink resolution that is not bound to the underlying directory inode or file descriptor. On macOS, attacker-controlled code running in the Bash sandbox can atomically replace an in-workspace parent directory with a symlink after validation, causing the unsandboxed Edit implementation to overwrite a user-writable file outside the workspace. Exploitation requires attacker-controlled code to run inside the sandbox, such as from a malicious repository or dependency script. This issue is fixed in version 2.1.251.

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euvd · EUVD-2026-116209

Published

Claude Code is an agentic coding tool. Prior to 2.1.251, the Edit tool validates a target using pathname and symlink resolution that is not bound to the underlying directory inode or file descriptor. On macOS, attacker-controlled code running in the Bash sandbox can atomically replace an in-workspace parent directory with a symlink after validation, causing the unsandboxed Edit implementation to overwrite a user-writable file outside the workspace. Exploitation requires attacker-controlled code to run inside the sandbox, such as from a malicious repository or dependency script. This issue is fixed in version 2.1.251.

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nvd · CVE-2026-88968

Published

Claude Code is an agentic coding tool. Prior to 2.1.251, the Edit tool validates a target using pathname and symlink resolution that is not bound to the underlying directory inode or file descriptor. On macOS, attacker-controlled code running in the Bash sandbox can atomically replace an in-workspace parent directory with a symlink after validation, causing the unsandboxed Edit implementation to overwrite a user-writable file outside the workspace. Exploitation requires attacker-controlled code to run inside the sandbox, such as from a malicious repository or dependency script. This issue is fixed in version 2.1.251.

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osv · GHSA-5xjx-9qx6-jcrv

Published

Claude Code validated Edit tool targets using point-in-time pathname and symlink resolution that was not bound to the underlying directory inodes or file descriptors. On macOS, a process running inside Claude Code's Bash sandbox could exploit the resulting time-of-check to time-of-use window by atomically swapping an in-workspace parent directory with a symlink after validation completed, causing the unsandboxed Edit implementation to overwrite an attacker-selected user-writable file outside the workspace. Exploiting this required the ability to run attacker-controlled code inside the sandbox, such as through a malicious repository or dependency script. Users on standard Claude Code auto-update have received this fix automatically. Users performing manual updates are advised to update to the latest version. Claude Code thanks hackerone.com/mahoraga007 (Sunder Singh) for reporting this issue.

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14 Nov 2026 07:04:00 UTC

Claude Code is an agentic coding tool. Prior to 2.1.251, the Edit tool validates a target using pathname and symlink resolution that is not bound to the underlying directory inode or file descriptor. On macOS, attacker-controlled code runni…

euvd · EUVD-2026-116209 · Published

12 Nov 2026 01:04:54 UTC

Claude Code is an agentic coding tool. Prior to 2.1.251, the Edit tool validates a target using pathname and symlink resolution that is not bound to the underlying directory inode or file descriptor. On macOS, attacker-controlled code runni…

euvd · EUVD-2026-116209 · Published

10 Nov 2026 00:04:50 UTC

Claude Code: TOCTOU Race in Edit Tool Allows File Writes Outside the Workspace

euvd · EUVD-2026-116209 · Published

10 Nov 2026 00:04:26 UTC

Claude Code is an agentic coding tool. Prior to 2.1.251, the Edit tool validates a target using pathname and symlink resolution that is not bound to the underlying directory inode or file descriptor. On macOS, attacker-controlled code runni…

nvd · CVE-2026-88968 · Published

10 Nov 2026 00:02:23 UTC

Claude Code: TOCTOU Race in Edit Tool Allows File Writes Outside the Workspace

osv · GHSA-5xjx-9qx6-jcrv · Published

3 Nov 2026 22:57:17 UTC

Claude Code: TOCTOU Race in Edit Tool Allows File Writes Outside the Workspace

cve-program · CVE-2026-88968 · Published

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