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High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jan 21, 2026· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2026-21852

CVE-2026-21852

Description

Claude Code is an agentic coding tool. Prior to version 2.0.65, vulnerability in Claude Code's project-load flow allowed malicious repositories to exfiltrate data including Anthropic API keys before users confirmed trust. An attacker-controlled repository could include a settings file that sets ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL to an attacker-controlled endpoint and when the repository was opened, Claude Code would read the configuration and immediately issue API requests before showing the trust prompt, potentially leaking the user's API keys. Users on standard Claude Code auto-update have received this fix already. Users performing manual updates are advised to update to version 2.0.65, which contains a patch, or to the latest version.

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Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
@anthropic-ai/claude-codenpm
< 2.0.652.0.65

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