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Anthropic 'SneakPeek' Flaw Is a Silent Zero-Click Threat

A bug in Claude Code Desktop's preview pane can allow adversaries to quietly steal credentials from developers, including SSH private keys, AWS credentials, and Claude 0Auth tokens.

With no prompt, no click, and no sandbox defenses, a high-severity bug in Anthropic's Claude Code Desktop lets an adversary steal deeply sensitive files from software developer machines.

It's patched now, but it wasn't easy.

The first fix for the vulnerability, dubbed "SneakPeek," was bypassed by Noma researchers who first discovered the bug. That sent Anthropic's team back into the code to make deeper architectural fixes. Anthropic and Noma collaborated on the disclosure and fix, according to the Noma researchers. More here

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