CVE-2025-59041 — Claude Code vulnerable to arbitrary code execution caused by maliciously configured git email
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 u…
Published: 2025-09-10 · CVSS: 8.7 · CVSS 4.0
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.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7