Claude Code workspace trust dialog bypass via settings file

# Claude Code workspace trust dialog bypass via settings file

https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/claude-code-workspace-trust-dialog-bypass-via-settings-file · AIR-2026-0506 · closed 2026-03-19

- Lane: Patch now
- Severity: 2 (Disclosed vulnerability)
- Fix status: Fix status unknown
- First reported: 2026-03-19
- AI role: Attack on AI
- Products: Claude Code
- CVE ids: CVE-2026-33068
- CVSS: 7.7

## Summary

Claude Code resolved permissions from a repository-controlled settings file before checking workspace trust, allowing malicious repositories to silently bypass trust prompts. This vulnerability permits unauthorized tool execution without explicit user confirmation.

## What to do

No action recorded; read the sources below and the vendor's advisory.

## Latest updates

- 2026-03-20: CVE-2026-33068: Claude Code is an agentic coding tool. (https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33068)
- 2026-03-19: CVE-2026-33068: Claude Code has a Workspace Trust Dialog Bypass via Repo-Controlled Settings File (https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mmgp-wc2j-qcv7)

## Sources

- 2026-03-19 GitHub Advisory Database: CVE-2026-33068: Claude Code has a Workspace Trust Dialog Bypass via Repo-Controlled Settings File https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mmgp-wc2j-qcv7
- 2026-03-20 NVD: CVE-2026-33068: Claude Code is an agentic coding tool. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33068

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