CVE-2026-44470

The Claude Desktop app gives you Claude Code with a graphical interface built for running multiple sessions side by side. Prior to 1.3834.0, the CoworkVMService component in Claude Desktop for Windows ran as SYSTEM and did not validate whether the VM bundle directory was a real directory or an NT...

CVE-2026-44470 Claude Desktop: Local Privilege Escalation via Directory Junction in CoworkVMService

The Claude Desktop app gives you Claude Code with a graphical interface built for running multiple sessions side by side. Prior to 1.3834.0, the CoworkVMService component in Claude Desktop for Windows ran as SYSTEM and did not validate whether the VM bundle directory was a real directory or an NT...

CVE-2026-44470

CVE-2026-44470 affects the Claude Desktop application for Windows, specifically the CoworkVMService component. Prior to version 1.3834.0, the service ran as SYSTEM and did not validate whether the VM bundle directory was a real directory or an NTFS directory junction before creating files. A loca...

CVE-2026-44470

The Claude Desktop app gives you Claude Code with a graphical interface built for running multiple sessions side by side. Prior to 1.3834.0, the CoworkVMService component in Claude Desktop for Windows ran as SYSTEM and did not validate whether the VM bundle directory was a real directory or an NT...