CVE-2026-55607 HIGH

CVE-2026-55607: Claude Code: Sandbox Escape via Git Worktree Path Confusion Allows Unsandboxed Code Execution

Vendor Anthropics
Product claude-code
Weakness CWE-22 · Path traversal
Published June 29, 2026
Last update June 29, 2026

CVSS base score

7.7/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction
Confidentiality
Integrity

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Claude Code is an agentic coding tool. From 2.1.38 until 2.1.163, Claude Code's worktree handling allowed creation of worktrees named ".git" and navigation to worktrees outside the sandbox context, enabling git directory confusion attacks. By exploiting symlink manipulation and git fsmonitor execution during worktree operations, an attacker could overwrite files in the user's home directory (such as .zshenv), leading to code execution outside of seatbelt sandbox restrictions. Reliably exploiting this required the user to clone a malicious repository containing prompt injection content and run Claude Code against it. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.1.163.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

June 29, 2026 CVE published