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Claude Cowork Flaw Could Let AI Agent Escape Its VM and Access Mac Files
Researchers discovered a sandbox escape vulnerability in Anthropic's Claude Cowork that allows an AI agent to break out of its Linux VM and access files on the host macOS system. The flaw potentially affects approximately 500,000 macOS users running the software.
Why it matters: macOS users of Claude Cowork face risk of unauthorized file access on their systems; practitioners should patch or review use of this AI agent until Anthropic addresses the sandbox escape.
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Claude Cowork Flaw Could Let AI Agent Escape Its VM and Access Mac Files
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Claude Cowork Flaw Could Let AI Agent Escape Its VM and Access Mac Files
Cybersecurity researchers identified a sandbox escape vulnerability in Anthropic's Claude Cowork that allows artificial intelligence (AI) agents to break out of their Linux virtual machine environment and access files on macOS systems. The flaw potentially affects approximately 500,000 macOS users running the application. Accomplish AI disclosed the vulnerability to The Hacker News prior to public disclosure.
Why it matters: macOS users running Claude Cowork face unauthorized file access risks and should update immediately once a patch is available; security teams should assess whether this AI agent is deployed in their environments.
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ai security
Claude Cowork Flaw Could Let AI Agent Escape Its VM and Access Mac Files
Cybersecurity researchers identified a sandbox escape vulnerability in Anthropic's Claude Cowork that allows artificial intelligence (AI) agents to break out of their Linux virtual machine environment and access files on macOS systems. The flaw potentially affects approximately 500,000 macOS users running the application. Accomplish AI disclosed the vulnerability to The Hacker News prior to public disclosure.
Why it matters: macOS users running Claude Cowork face unauthorized file access risks and should update immediately once a patch is available; security teams should assess whether this AI agent is deployed in their environments.
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- First seen by Cybersecurity Tracker