Claude Code is an agentic coding tool. Prior to 2.1.179, the Claude Code and Claude Desktop plugin installation flow runs git checkout for a marketplace-pinned commit without verifying that the resulting HEAD equals the pinned 40-character SHA. An attacker who controls a plugin repository on a Git host that permits SHA-shaped branch names can create a branch named after the reviewed commit, causing checkout to select the branch tip and install attacker-controlled plugin code. Exploitation requires a user to install the malicious plugin and pin it to the ostensibly safe hash. This issue is fixed in version 2.1.179.
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| Description | Claude Code is an agentic coding tool. Prior to 2.1.179, the Claude Code and Claude Desktop plugin installation flow runs git checkout for a marketplace-pinned commit without verifying that the resulting HEAD equals the pinned 40-character SHA. An attacker who controls a plugin repository on a Git host that permits SHA-shaped branch names can create a branch named after the reviewed commit, causing checkout to select the branch tip and install attacker-controlled plugin code. Exploitation requires a user to install the malicious plugin and pin it to the ostensibly safe hash. This issue is fixed in version 2.1.179. | |
| Title | Claude Code: Plugin Hash Pin Bypass Allows Bypass of Hash Pinning | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-494 CWE-829 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
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Updated: 2026-10-13T20:21:00.156Z
Reserved: 2026-09-04T19:34:03.099Z
Link: CVE-2026-86063
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Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-10-13T19:21:21.417
Modified: 2026-10-13T19:27:44.137
Link: CVE-2026-86063
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