CVE-2025-64755 — @anthropic-ai/claude-code
CVE-2025-64755 is a OS Command Injection vulnerability in @anthropic-ai/claude-code. A fix is available for @anthropic-ai/claude-code — see the affected versions and patch details below.
@anthropic-ai/claude-code has Sed Command Validation Bypass that Allows Arbitrary File Writes
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA assesses this as automatable — exploitation doesn’t require manual, per-target effort, which raises the odds of mass scanning and opportunistic attacks.
- A successful exploit gives an attacker total control of the affected component, not partial access.
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2025-64755.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
Real-World Exposure
How broadly this vulnerability is actually deployed: weekly install volume shows current usage, and reverse-dependency count shows how many other packages break if it stays unpatched.
@anthropic-ai/claude-codenpmDescription
Due to an error in sed command parsing, it was possible to bypass the Claude Code read-only validation and write to arbitrary files on the host system.
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.
Thank you to Adam Chester - SpecterOps for reporting this issue!
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 📦npm | @anthropic-ai/claude-code | all versions | 2.0.31npm install @anthropic-ai/claude-code@2.0.31 |
Affected Products
claude codeanthropicDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for @anthropic-ai/claude-code, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update @anthropic-ai/claude-code to 2.0.31 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2025-64755 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Stop passing untrusted input into the interpreter or shell: call the affected binary with an argument array rather than a composed command string, reject anything outside a strict allowlist of expected values, and run the component under an account that cannot reach beyond the work it legitimately does.
Frequently Asked Questions
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