# CVE-2026-103435: Arbitrary File Write via Write-Time Symlink Following (TOCTOU) in Claude Code

- Also known as: GHSA-5J29-H97V-84CH
- Severity: CVSS 7.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.1.129
- Published: 2026-10-07 · Updated: 2026-10-07

## Affected

- Anthropic @anthropic-ai/claude-code: fixed in 2.1.129

## Description

Claude Code validated that a target file path resided within the project working directory at permission-check time, but re-resolved the path at write time without repeating that validation. This time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) gap allowed an attacker who could write to the workspace to atomically replace a project file with a symlink, causing Claude Code to follow the symlink and write its output to an arbitrary file outside the project sandbox. Exploitation required the ability to win a race condition against the write operation and write access to the shared workspace, enabling a lower-privileged attacker to redirect benign edits to sensitive files (e.g., shell configuration) in a higher-privileged session. Users on standard Claude Code auto-update have received this fix already. Users performing manual updates are advised to update to the latest version. Thank you to hackerone.com/c_h4ck_0 for reporting this issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Anthropic @anthropic-ai/claude-code, upgrade to a fixed version (2.1.129) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/security/advisories/GHSA-5j29-h97v-84ch

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