VYPR
High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 31, 2026· Updated May 10, 2026

CVE-2026-22561

CVE-2026-22561

Description

Uncontrolled search path elements in Anthropic Claude for Windows installer (Claude Setup.exe) versions prior to 1.1.3363 allow local privilege escalation via DLL search-order hijacking. The installer loads DLLs (e.g., profapi.dll) from its own directory after UAC elevation, enabling arbitrary code execution if a malicious DLL is planted alongside the installer.

Affected products

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Patches

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No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

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News mentions

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