Even Claude agrees: hole in its sandbox was real and dangerous
Recent vulnerabilities in Claude Code's network sandbox have raised security concerns. Two bypass bugs were discovered, allowing unauthorized data exfiltration from the sandbox. Although Anthropic claims to have fixed the issues, there has been no public disclosure or CVE issued for the vulnerabilities.
- ▪Two bypass bugs in Claude Code's sandbox were reported, allowing sensitive data to be sent to any server on the internet.
- ▪The latest flaw involved a SOCKS5 hostname null-byte injection that could trick the sandbox's allowlist filter.
- ▪Anthropic fixed the vulnerabilities without issuing a CVE or security advisory, raising concerns about user awareness.
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