Description
Claude Code is an agentic coding tool. Prior to 2.1.179, the Claude Code and Claude Desktop plugin installation flow runs git checkout for a marketplace-pinned commit without verifying that the resulting HEAD equals the pinned 40-character SHA. An attacker who controls a plugin repository on a Git host that permits SHA-shaped branch names can create a branch named after the reviewed commit, causing checkout to select the branch tip and install attacker-controlled plugin code. Exploitation requires a user to install the malicious plugin and pin it to the ostensibly safe hash. This issue is fixed in version 2.1.179.
Published: 2026-10-13
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Description Claude Code is an agentic coding tool. Prior to 2.1.179, the Claude Code and Claude Desktop plugin installation flow runs git checkout for a marketplace-pinned commit without verifying that the resulting HEAD equals the pinned 40-character SHA. An attacker who controls a plugin repository on a Git host that permits SHA-shaped branch names can create a branch named after the reviewed commit, causing checkout to select the branch tip and install attacker-controlled plugin code. Exploitation requires a user to install the malicious plugin and pin it to the ostensibly safe hash. This issue is fixed in version 2.1.179.
Title Claude Code: Plugin Hash Pin Bypass Allows Bypass of Hash Pinning
Weaknesses CWE-494
CWE-829
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-13T20:21:00.156Z

Reserved: 2026-09-04T19:34:03.099Z

Link: CVE-2026-86063

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-13T19:21:21.417

Modified: 2026-10-13T21:19:36.730

Link: CVE-2026-86063

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-494

    Download of Code Without Integrity Check

  • CWE-829

    Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere