CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-86063

7.5 HIGH Published 2026-10-13 Modified 2026-10-13 Official page ↗
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
2026-10-13
Last modified
2026-10-13
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Weaknesses
CWE-494, CWE-829

Description

Claude Code is an agentic coding tool. Prior to 2.1.179, the Claude Code and Claude Desktop plugin installation flow runs git checkout for a marketplace-pinned commit without verifying that the resulting HEAD equals the pinned 40-character SHA. An attacker who controls a plugin repository on a Git host that permits SHA-shaped branch names can create a branch named after the reviewed commit, causing checkout to select the branch tip and install attacker-controlled plugin code. Exploitation requires a user to install the malicious plugin and pin it to the ostensibly safe hash. This issue is fixed in version 2.1.179.

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-494 Download of Code Without Integrity Check weakness
  • CWE-829 Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere weakness

References