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CVE-2026-35603

Claude Code is an agentic coding tool. In versions prior to 2.1.75 on Windows, Claude Code loaded the system-wide default configuration from C:\ProgramData\ClaudeCode\managed-settings.json without validating directory ownership or access permissions. Because the ProgramData directory is writable by non-administrative users by default and the ClaudeCode subdirectory was not pre-created or access-restricted, a low-privileged local user could create this directory and place a malicious configuratio
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:ed6536ffa86fba454d8cc76d8fdb80aceee124be764cc09393dc5a4ba0c07f68
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"product":"claude-code","vendor":"anthropics","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"< 2.1.75"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:bf82446403c1a0f59f6a4734ece742fd06a07dffd6fa2340c97e331eeffb8582 · sha256:3d269348ecf7454a… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"PRESENT","attackVector":"LOCAL","baseScore":5.4,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","privilegesRequired":"LOW","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"PASSIVE","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"HIGH","vulnIntegrityImpact":"HIGH"},"metric_type":"cvssV4_0"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:bf82446403c1a0f59f6a4734ece742fd06a07dffd6fa2340c97e331eeffb8582 · sha256:3d269348ecf7454a… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-426","description":"CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:bf82446403c1a0f59f6a4734ece742fd06a07dffd6fa2340c97e331eeffb8582 · sha256:3d269348ecf7454a… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

1 source assertion
{"name":"https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/security/advisories/GHSA-5cwg-9f6j-9jvx","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/security/advisories/GHSA-5cwg-9f6j-9jvx"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:bf82446403c1a0f59f6a4734ece742fd06a07dffd6fa2340c97e331eeffb8582 · sha256:3d269348ecf7454a… · /containers/cna/references/0

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

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