CVE-2026-88968 PUBLISHED

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

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 10.09.2026 Published: 03.11.2026 Updated: 03.11.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 7.7

Product Status

Vendor anthropics
Product claude-code
Versions
  • Version < 2.1.251 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') CWE
  • CWE-367: Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition CWE