30 October 2026Other
Trojanized Claude Code extension on the Cursor Marketplace plants SSH backdoors
A malicious version 2.1.313 of Anthropic's Claude Code extension, published on the Cursor Marketplace under the legitimate publisher identity on October 29, tried to install a persistent SSH backdoor on up to 5,000 machines. It was removed and Anthropic published version 2.1.314.
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claude-codesecuritysupply-chaincursor
Sources
The Hacker NewsOfficial Claude Code Extension on Cursor Marketplace Trojanized with Persistent SSH Backdoor30 Oct 2026