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01 Record

CVE-2026-96620

Claude Agent SDK: Argument Injection via resume Option Allows Arbitrary Command Execution

CriticalPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_M
CNA base score9.2 CVSS v4.0CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

02 Description

Claude Agent SDK: Argument Injection via resume Option Allows Arbitrary Command Execution

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
Not scored by EPSS
EPSS percentile
Not scored by EPSS
NVD base score
9.2 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
NVD analysis status
Received. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-16.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2026-10-16 19:44Z2 HR AGO
Last updated
2026-10-16 19:44Z2 HR AGO
Reserved
2026-09-23
Assigning CNA
GitHub_M
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Critical (CVSS 9.2)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weaknesses
  • CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
  • CWE-78Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')Base
  • CWE-88Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')Base
Data version
5.2
Document digest
57ec182885fe635366f871c2f946d1bc44cb01b220da36df55ab2037a26ad366

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
anthropicsclaude-agent-sdk-python< 0.2.121—

06 References