OS Command Injection in Claude Code - CVE-2026-24887
Published: April 30, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU128516
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-24887
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute untrusted commands.
The vulnerability exists due to command injection in the find command when parsing untrusted content in a Claude Code context window. A remote attacker can add crafted untrusted content to the context window to execute untrusted commands.
Reliably exploiting the issue requires the ability to add untrusted content into a Claude Code context window.
Affected software
Claude Code
How to mitigate CVE-2026-24887
Install security update from vendor's website.
Claude Code - update to 2.0.72