Researchers Demo New Claude Code Attack Using Harmless-Looking Repositories to Hijack Developer Machines

Indirect prompts hidden in a repository can lead to Claude Code spawning a reverse shell on the developer’s machine.

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Indirect prompts hidden in a repository can lead to Claude Code spawning a reverse shell on the developer’s machine. The post Researchers Demo New Claude Code Attack Using Harmless-Looking Repositories to Hijack Developer Machines appeared first on SecurityWeek .

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