Claude Code can execute commands prior to the startup trust dialog

HIGH 8.8CVE-2025-59536 · GHSA-4fgq-fpq9-mr3g · Published 03/10/2025 · updated 12/10/2026

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
claude code anthropic	`< 1.0.111`	`1.0.111`
@anthropic-ai/claude-code npm	`< 1.0.111`	`1.0.111`

Description

Due to a bug in the startup trust dialog implementation, Claude Code could be tricked to execute code contained in a project before the user accepted the startup trust dialog. Exploiting this requires a user to start Claude Code in an untrusted directory.

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.

Thank you to https://hackerone.com/avivdon for reporting this issue!

NVD description

Claude Code is an agentic coding tool. Versions before 1.0.111 were vulnerable to Code Injection due to a bug in the startup trust dialog implementation. Claude Code could be tricked to execute code contained in a project before the user accepted the startup trust dialog. Exploiting this requires a user to start Claude Code in an untrusted directory. 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 1.0.111.

References

anthropics/claude-code security advisory · WEB
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59536 · ADVISORY
anthropics/claude-code · PACKAGE

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

claude code

anthropic

< 1.0.111

1.0.111

@anthropic-ai/claude-code

npm

< 1.0.111

1.0.111

Description

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.

Thank you to https://hackerone.com/avivdon for reporting this issue!

NVD description