{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2026-35603", "assignerOrgId": "a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "GitHub_M", "dateReserved": "2026-04-03T21:25:12.162Z", "datePublished": "2026-04-17T20:38:49.901Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-04-17T20:38:49.901Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"title": "Claude Code: Insecure System-Wide Configuration Loading Enables Local Privilege Escalation on Windows", "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"cweId": "CWE-426", "lang": "en", "description": "CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path", "type": "CWE"}]}], "metrics": [{"cvssV4_0": {"attackVector": "LOCAL", "attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackRequirements": "PRESENT", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "userInteraction": "PASSIVE", "vulnConfidentialityImpact": "HIGH", "vulnIntegrityImpact": "HIGH", "vulnAvailabilityImpact": "HIGH", "subConfidentialityImpact": "NONE", "subIntegrityImpact": "NONE", "subAvailabilityImpact": "NONE", "baseScore": 5.4, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "vectorString": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N", "version": "4.0"}}], "references": [{"name": "https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/security/advisories/GHSA-5cwg-9f6j-9jvx", "tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM"], "url": "https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/security/advisories/GHSA-5cwg-9f6j-9jvx"}], "affected": [{"vendor": "anthropics", "product": "claude-code", "versions": [{"version": "< 2.1.75", "status": "affected"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"orgId": "a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa", "shortName": "GitHub_M", "dateUpdated": "2026-04-17T20:38:49.901Z"}, "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Claude Code is an agentic coding tool. In versions prior to 2.1.75 on Windows, Claude Code loaded the system-wide default configuration from C:\\ProgramData\\ClaudeCode\\managed-settings.json without validating directory ownership or access permissions. Because the ProgramData directory is writable by non-administrative users by default and the ClaudeCode subdirectory was not pre-created or access-restricted, a low-privileged local user could create this directory and place a malicious configuration file that would be automatically loaded for any user launching Claude Code on the same machine. Exploiting this would have required a shared multi-user Windows system and a victim user to launch Claude Code after the malicious configuration was placed. This issue has been fixed on version 2.1.75."}], "source": {"advisory": "GHSA-5cwg-9f6j-9jvx", "discovery": "UNKNOWN"}}}}

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