Claude Code: Insecure System-Wide Configuration Loading Enables Local Privilege Escalation on Windows
Claude Code is an agentic coding tool. In versions prior to 2.1.75 on Windows, Claude Code loaded the system-wide default configuration from C:\ProgramData\ClaudeCode\managed-settings.json without validating directory ownership or access permissions. Because the ProgramData directory is writable by non-administrative users by default and the ClaudeCode subdirectory was not pre-created or access-restricted, a low-privileged local user could create this directory and place a malicious configuration file that would be automatically loaded for any user launching Claude Code on the same machine. Exploiting this would have required a shared multi-user Windows system and a victim user to launch Claude Code after the malicious configuration was placed. This issue has been fixed on version 2.1.75.
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Affected products
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Matching in nixpkgs
pkgs.claude-code
Agentic coding tool that lives in your terminal, understands your codebase, and helps you code faster
pkgs.claude-code-acp
ACP-compatible coding agent powered by the Claude Code SDK
pkgs.claude-code-bin
Agentic coding tool that lives in your terminal, understands your codebase, and helps you code faster
pkgs.claude-code-router
Tool to route Claude Code requests to different models and customize any request
pkgs.gnomeExtensions.claude-code-usage
Display Claude Code usage in the top panel. This extension uses anthropic.com services. This extension is not affiliated, funded, or in any way associated with Claude.
pkgs.gnomeExtensions.claude-code-switcher
A GNOME shell extension for quickly switching Claude Code API providers with enhanced performance and reliability.
pkgs.vscode-extensions.anthropic.claude-code
Harness the power of Claude Code without leaving your IDE
pkgs.gnomeExtensions.claude-code-usage-indicator
Shows remaining time and usage percentage for Claude Code sessions in the top panel. Displays format like '3h 12m (30%)' showing both time remaining and percentage consumed. Automatically refreshes every 5 minutes.
Package maintainers
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@adeci Alex Decious <alex.decious@gmail.com>
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@omarjatoi Omar Jatoi
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@markus1189 Markus Hauck <markus1189@gmail.com>
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@malob Malo Bourgon <mbourgon@gmail.com>
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@xiaoxiangmoe ZHAO JinXiang <xiaoxiangmoe@gmail.com>
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@storopoli Jose Storopoli <jose@storopoli.com>
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@mirkolenz Mirko Lenz <mirko@mirkolenz.com>
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@Prince213 Sizhe Zhao <prc.zhao@outlook.com>
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@honnip Jung seungwoo <me@honnip.page>