CVE-2025-59041
CRITICALClaude Code < 1.0.105 - Remote Code Execution via Git Config User.Email
Title source: llmDescription
Claude Code is an agentic coding tool. At startup, Claude Code executed a command templated in with `git config user.email`. Prior to version 1.0.105, a maliciously configured user email in git could be used to trigger arbitrary code execution before a user accepted the workspace trust dialog. Users on standard Claude Code auto-update will have received this fix automatically. Users performing manual updates are advised to update to version 1.0.105 or the latest version.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/security/advisories/GHSA-j4h9-wv2m-wrf7
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0051
EPSS Percentile
39.3%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-94
Status
published
Products (2)
anthropic/claude_code
< 1.0.105
anthropic-ai/claude-code
0 - 1.0.105npm
Published
Sep 10, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026