{"data":{"id":"b4817451-f3a2-4721-9f91-89d8bc4ebfd6","title":"China warns about AI risks with Anthropic's Claude Code","summary":"China's government reported that Anthropic's Claude Code, an AI tool for automated coding, contains a back-door vulnerability (a hidden security flaw that lets attackers access a system they shouldn't be able to reach) that can secretly send sensitive user information like location and identity to a remote server. This warning intensifies tensions in the U.S.-China tech competition, as Chinese companies and individuals have been using this American AI tool despite it not being officially available in China.","solution":"According to China's cybersecurity platform, users should uninstall or upgrade from the affected Claude Code versions 2.1.91 to 2.1.196 (released from April 2 to June 29). The latest version as of the report date is 2.1.204.","labels":["security"],"sourceUrl":"https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/08/china-anthropic-ai-claude-code-backdoor-security-threat.html","publishedAt":"2026-07-08T08:14:28.000Z","cveId":null,"cweIds":null,"cvssScore":null,"cvssSeverity":null,"severity":"info","attackType":["pii_leakage"],"issueType":"news","affectedPackages":null,"affectedVendors":["Anthropic"],"affectedVendorsRaw":["Anthropic","Claude Code"],"classifierModel":"claude-haiku-4-5-20251001","classifierPromptVersion":"v3","cvssVector":null,"attackVector":null,"attackComplexity":null,"privilegesRequired":null,"userInteraction":null,"exploitMaturity":null,"epssScore":null,"patchAvailable":null,"disclosureDate":"2026-07-08T08:14:28.000Z","capecIds":null,"crossRefCount":0,"attackSophistication":"moderate","impactType":["confidentiality"],"aiComponentTargeted":"api","llmSpecific":true,"classifierConfidence":0.85,"researchCategory":null,"atlasIds":null}}