# CVE-2026-34452: Claude SDK for Python: Memory Tool Path Validation Race Condition Allows Sandbox Escape

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-2115, GHSA-W828-4QHX-VXX3
- Severity: CVSS 5.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/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: 0.87.0
- Published: 2026-03-31 · Updated: 2026-04-03

## Affected

- anthropics anthropic-sdk-python: from 0.86.0, fixed in 0.87.0
- anthropic (PyPI): from 0.86.0, fixed in 0.87.0

## Description

The Claude SDK for Python provides access to the Claude API from Python applications. From version 0.86.0 to before version 0.87.0, the async local filesystem memory tool in the Anthropic Python SDK validated that model-supplied paths resolved inside the sandboxed memory directory, but then returned the unresolved path for subsequent file operations. A local attacker able to write to the memory directory could retarget a symlink between validation and use, causing reads or writes to escape the sandbox. The synchronous memory tool implementation was not affected. This issue has been patched in version 0.87.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on anthropics anthropic-sdk-python, anthropic, upgrade to a fixed version (0.87.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/anthropics/anthropic-sdk-python/security/advisories/GHSA-w828-4qhx-vxx3
- https://github.com/anthropics/anthropic-sdk-python/commit/6599043eee6e86dce16953fcd1fd828052052be6
- https://github.com/anthropics/anthropic-sdk-python/releases/tag/v0.87.0

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