8.7
HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVE-2026-7574
Anthropic Claude Desktop Cowork VM Image Contents Not Validated Before Use
Description

Anthropic Claude Desktop Cowork VM image handling (confirmed across v1.1348.0 through v1.2278.0, including v1.1348.0, v1.1617.0, and v1.2278.0) validates only file presence and a version marker string before booting rootfs.img, but does not verify image content integrity at time-of-use. A local attacker with unprivileged code execution as the victim macOS user can modify the VM root filesystem image and have it trusted on subsequent Cowork VM boots, enabling persistent arbitrary code execution in the VM and access to host-mounted directories. The estimated CWE mapping is CWE-353 (Missing Support for Integrity Check).

INFO

Published Date :

June 23, 2026, 11:54 p.m.

Last Modified :

June 23, 2026, 11:54 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No

Source :

AHA
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2026-7574 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

No affected product recoded yet

CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 HIGH 26969f82-7e87-44d8-9cb5-f6fb926ddd43
Solution
Ensure VM images have content integrity checks enabled to prevent tampering.
  • Implement integrity checks for VM images.
  • Verify image content before booting.
  • Update Cowork VM software.

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