CVE-2026-46406 MEDIUM

CVE-2026-46406: Claude Code: Insecure Temporary File in /copy Command Enables Response Disclosure and Symlink-Based File Write

Vendor Anthropics
Product claude-code
Weakness CWE-59
Published June 29, 2026
Last update June 29, 2026

CVSS base score

4.4/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

June 29, 2026 CVE published