CVE-2026-88066

High

Description

Claude Desktop is Anthropic's desktop application for interacting with Claude. Prior to 1.8089.0, Claude Desktop on Windows invokes git.exe through uv_spawn without an absolute path, allowing Windows search-path resolution to select a malicious git.exe placed in the opened project's current working directory before the intended system executable. Opening an attacker-controlled or shared repository can therefore execute the substituted program with the user's privileges. This issue is fixed in version 1.8089.0.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductAnthropics Claude-code
PublishedNov 3, 2026
First seenNov 4, 2026
Weakness typeCWE-427CWE-427

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
anthropics claude-code< 1.8089.0—

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CVE-2026-88066 · Anthropics Claude-code · Dark Radar