Critical severity · published Sep 10, 2025
CVE-2025-59041
Claude Code vulnerable to arbitrary code execution caused by maliciously configured git email
9.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 46% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CL
claude-code · anthropics
< 1.0.105 · source: vendor
CC
Claude Code · Anthropic
before 1.0.105 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59041
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-59041
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/security/advisories/GHSA-j4h9-wv2m-wrf7
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