Claude Code high-risk privilege escalation vulnerability exploited by hackers to attack encrypted users

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2026-01-08 02:12:41

BlockBeats News, January 8 — Security researcher 23pds from the Slow Fog team reposted a report by researcher Adam Chester, revealing a privilege escalation and command execution vulnerability in Anthropic’s Claude Code. Attackers can execute commands without user authorization. The vulnerability is assigned CVE-2025-64755, and a related PoC has been made public. The issue is said to be similar to a related vulnerability disclosed earlier in the Cursor tool.

23pds states that phishing hackers have already exploited the related vulnerability to attack crypto users.

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