StudioOfficial Claude Code VS Code Extension Compromised to Install Persistent SSH Backdoor via Cursor Marketplace
Original title: Official Claude Code VS Code Extension Compromised to Install Persistent SSH Backdoor
The Cursor Marketplace was compromised, serving a malicious Claude Code extension posing as anthropic.claude-code version 2.1.313 with a 66-line loader that adds an attacker-controlled SSH key labeled svc-telemetry to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys, establishes a reverse tunnel to 134.209.82[.]225, and installs persistence via scheduled tasks, crontab, and LaunchAgents. The malicious version has been removed, affecting at most 5,000 users who installed it between about 2:27 a.m. and 1:35 p.m. PT on October 29, 2026; Anthropic has published version 2.1.314 to Open VSX and the Microsoft VS Code Marketplace, and affected users are advised to isolate hosts, remove the key and persistence, and rotate credentials.
The article details the attack chain, the affected time window, and remediation steps, useful for checking local extension sources and SSH configurations.
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