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CVE-2025-59536: Claude Code startup trust dialog code injection vulnerability

Claude Code

An insecure startup trust dialog implementation in Claude Code allowed untrusted directories to execute code before user acceptance. The issue has been patched in version 1.0.111.

disclosed CVENo confirmed exploitation, so this record is tracked as a disclosed vulnerability and not counted as an incident. It moves into the counts if CISA or the vendor confirms exploitation. Why

CVSS
8.7
EPSS
0.25 · top 2% · 2026-11-13
EPSS scores by FIRST
fix status
Fix status unknown
first report
3 Oct 2025
last update
3 Oct 2025
CVE ids
CVE-2025-59536other records

Timeline · 2

  1. 3 Oct 2025CVE-2025-59536: Claude Code is an agentic coding tool.
  2. 3 Oct 2025CVE-2025-59536: Claude Code can execute commands prior to the startup trust dialog

Sources · 2

Advisories and databases

  1. 2025-10-03
    CVE-2025-59536: Claude Code is an agentic coding tool.
    NVD · nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59536
  2. 2025-10-03
    CVE-2025-59536: Claude Code can execute commands prior to the startup trust dialog
    GitHub Advisory Database · github.com/advisories/GHSA-4fgq-fpq9-mr3g

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Classification

lane
Patch now
AI role
Attack on AI
categories
Infrastructure vulnerability
severity
2 · Disclosed vulnerability
fix status
Fix status unknown
targets
Anthropic, Framework / tooling
owasp llm top 10
LLM03:2025 Supply Chain
mitre atlas
no technique for these categories
tags
code-injection
dates
happened 3 Oct 2025 · first reported 3 Oct 2025
origin
NVD
Vulnerability record from NVD / the GitHub Advisory Database. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
record
confidence 0.95 · created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 07:00Z

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# CVE-2025-59536: Claude Code startup trust dialog code injection vulnerability

https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/cve-2025-59536-claude-code-startup-trust-dialog-code-injecti · AIR-2025-0028 · closed 2025-10-03

- Lane: Patch now
- Severity: 2 (Disclosed vulnerability)
- Fix status: Fix status unknown
- First reported: 2025-10-03
- AI role: Attack on AI
- Products: Claude Code
- CVE ids: CVE-2025-59536
- CVSS: 8.7

## Summary

An insecure startup trust dialog implementation in Claude Code allowed untrusted directories to execute code before user acceptance. The issue has been patched in version 1.0.111.

## What to do

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

## Latest updates

- 2025-10-03: CVE-2025-59536: Claude Code can execute commands prior to the startup trust dialog  (https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4fgq-fpq9-mr3g)
- 2025-10-03: CVE-2025-59536: Claude Code is an agentic coding tool. (https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59536)

## Sources

- 2025-10-03 NVD: CVE-2025-59536: Claude Code is an agentic coding tool. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59536
- 2025-10-03 GitHub Advisory Database: CVE-2025-59536: Claude Code can execute commands prior to the startup trust dialog  https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4fgq-fpq9-mr3g

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