Rogue Claude Code extension in Cursor opened a reverse SSH tunnel

published 2026-10-31

The extension opened a reverse SSH tunnel on the machine, giving the attacker remote access to it. They could read files and secrets stored locally, including tokens, API keys and SSH keys.

Source: @PatchOnChain on X

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