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Claude Code reportedly sent a user's email address to websites via HTTP headers

PRIVACYAnthropicredteam/daily · 1 source

Severity: Medium
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What happened

GitHub issue 107757 reports Claude Code 2.1.318 on macOS inserting a user's email address into HTTP User-Agent headers during web searches, reportedly via model-written curl commands. No raw request or reproduction steps were supplied, and causation for the scam emails is unproven. Versions 2.1.317 and later include a cc-plugin-privacy module, enabled by default and toggled via /plugins, but commenters could not locate it or saw test emails pass unblocked, and an Anthropic employee acknowledged interim gaps. Defenders should review agent-generated network commands, verify privacy controls actively rather than trusting them, and monitor for the fix planned by Anthropic.

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What to do

Review network commands written by coding agents before allowing them web access.
Verify that privacy controls in Claude Code are active rather than assuming the built-in guard works.
Check which Claude Code version is installed and whether the cc-plugin-privacy module is present and enabled.

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