Claude Code Flaws Allow Remote Code Execution and API Key Exfiltration
Claude Code Flaws Allow Remote Code Execution and API Key Exfiltration
25 February 2026
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed multiple security vulnerabilities in Anthropic's Claude Code, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered coding assistant, that could result in remote code execution and theft of API credentials.
"The vulnerabilities exploit various configuration mechanisms, including Hooks, Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, and environment variables – executing