CVE-2026-46406
Claude Code: Insecure Temporary File in /copy Command Enables Response Disclosure and Symlink-Based File Write
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 4.4 Medium
- Published
- Jun 29, 2026
- Updated
- Jun 29, 2026
- Reserved
- May 13, 2026
Description
Claude Code is an agentic coding tool. From 2.1.59 until 2.1.128, the Claude Code /copy command wrote responses to a hardcoded, predictable path (/tmp/claude/response.md) without UID isolation, randomness, or symlink protection. The file was created world-readable (0644) in a world-traversable directory (0755), allowing any local user to read a privileged user's Claude response, which could contain secrets or credentials. Additionally, because the path was static and predictable, a local attacker could pre-create the directory and plant a symlink at the expected file path, causing the privileged process to follow the symlink and overwrite an attacker-chosen file with the response text. Exploiting this required a local unprivileged user on the same system and a privileged user to run the /copy command. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.1.128.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 4.4 Medium | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
claude-codeanthropics |
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References
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