CVE-2026-44470

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  "id": "CVE-2026-44470",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-05-13T16:16:58.263",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-26T14:10:00.130",
  "vulnStatus": "Analyzed",
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      "value": "The Claude Desktop app gives you Claude Code with a graphical interface built for running multiple sessions side by side. Prior to 1.3834.0, the CoworkVMService component in Claude Desktop for Windows ran as SYSTEM and did not validate whether the VM bundle directory was a real directory or an NTFS directory junction before creating files within it. A local non-elevated user could replace the user-writable VM bundle directory with a directory junction pointing to an attacker-chosen location, causing the service to create a SYSTEM-owned file in an arbitrary directory. This could be leveraged for local privilege escalation. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.3834.0."
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      "value": "La aplicación de escritorio Claude le ofrece Claude Code con una interfaz gráfica diseñada para ejecutar múltiples sesiones en paralelo. Antes de la versión 1.3834.0, el componente CoworkVMService en Claude Desktop para Windows se ejecutaba como SYSTEM y no validaba si el directorio del paquete de la VM era un directorio real o una unión de directorio NTFS antes de crear archivos dentro de él. Un usuario local sin privilegios elevados podría reemplazar el directorio del paquete de la VM escribible por el usuario con una unión de directorio que apuntaba a una ubicación elegida por el atacante, lo que provocaba que el servicio creara un archivo propiedad de SYSTEM en un directorio arbitrario. Esto podría ser aprovechado para una escalada de privilegios local. Esta vulnerabilidad está corregida en la versión 1.3834.0."
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