# CVE-2026-46406: Claude Code: Insecure Temporary File in /copy Command Enables Response Disclosure and Symlink-Based File Write

- Also known as: GHSA-4VP2-6Q8C-PVQ2
- Severity: CVSS 4.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.1.128
- Published: 2026-06-29 · Updated: 2026-06-29

## Affected

- anthropics claude-code: from 2.1.59, fixed in 2.1.128
- @anthropic-ai/claude-code (npm): from 2.1.59, fixed in 2.1.128

## Description

Claude Code is an agentic coding tool. From 2.1.59 until 2.1.128, the Claude Code /copy command wrote responses to a hardcoded, predictable path (/tmp/claude/response.md) without UID isolation, randomness, or symlink protection. The file was created world-readable (0644) in a world-traversable directory (0755), allowing any local user to read a privileged user's Claude response, which could contain secrets or credentials. Additionally, because the path was static and predictable, a local attacker could pre-create the directory and plant a symlink at the expected file path, causing the privileged process to follow the symlink and overwrite an attacker-chosen file with the response text. Exploiting this required a local unprivileged user on the same system and a privileged user to run the /copy command. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.1.128.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on anthropics claude-code, @anthropic-ai/claude-code, upgrade to a fixed version (2.1.128) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/security/advisories/GHSA-4vp2-6q8c-pvq2

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