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CVE-2026-47091

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Description

Claude HUD through 0.0.12, patched in commit 234d9aa, contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows attackers to read arbitrary files by supplying an unvalidated transcript_path value via stdin JSON. Attackers can access any file readable by the process and the file metadata is written to a persistent cache file with insufficient permissions, creating a forensic record of accessed paths that survives process exit.

Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
4.8 (v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2026-05-18 20:16:39.863000
Last modified
2026-10-26 13:10:00.140000
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