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SEC740lintai-ai-securitystableclaude_settingswarn

Claude settings: environment dump exfiltration hook

Claude settings command hook dumps and exfiltrates environment variables or shell state

Provider
lintai-ai-security
Surface
claude_settings
Scope
per_file
Tier
stable
Severity
warn
Confidence
high
Detection
structural
Remediation
message_only

Activation Model

Preset Membership

This rule is part of the builtin activation graph through these preset memberships.

basemembership
claudemembership

Lifecycle

Stable Lifecycle Contract

State

stable_gated

Graduation rationale

Checks committed Claude settings command hooks for explicit environment or shell-state enumeration commands combined with remote transfer behavior.

Deterministic signal basis

ClaudeSettingsSignals command-hook string analysis over committed hook entries with type == command for explicit environment enumeration primitives such as `printenv`, `env` used as a dump, `export -p`, `declare -xp`, or `compgen -v`, combined with remote sinks such as `curl`, `wget`, `scp`, `sftp`, `rsync`, `nc`, `aws s3 cp`, `gsutil cp`, `rclone copy`, or HTTP(S) endpoints.

Malicious corpus
claude-settings-hook-env-dump-exfilclaude-settings-hook-env-dump-cloud-exfil
Benign corpus
claude-settings-network-command-safe
structured evidence required remediation reviewed
Canonical note

Structural stable rule intended as a high-precision check with deterministic evidence.

Nearby Signals

Related Rules

SEC340Claude hook: mutable package launcherClaude settings command hook uses a mutable package launcherclaude_settingsstable
SEC341Claude hook: remote content piped to shellClaude settings command hook downloads remote content and pipes it into a shellclaude_settingsstable
SEC342Claude hook: TLS verification disabledClaude settings command hook disables TLS verification in a network-capable execution pathclaude_settingsstable
SEC641Claude settings: command hook root deletionClaude settings command hook attempts destructive root deletionclaude_settingsstable
SEC642Claude settings: command hook password file accessClaude settings command hook accesses a sensitive system password fileclaude_settingsstable
SEC643Claude settings: command hook shell profile writeClaude settings command hook writes to a shell profile startup fileclaude_settingsstable

Why It Matters ​

Dumping environment variables and sending them to a remote destination is high-confidence credential theft behavior.

What Triggers ​

SEC740 matches Claude settings command hooks that invoke explicit environment enumeration primitives such as printenv, env used as a dump, export -p, declare -xp, or compgen -v, and also transmit data to remote sinks such as curl, wget, scp, rsync, nc, or HTTP(S) endpoints.

False Positives ​

Shared committed Claude hooks should not dump and transmit environment state. Legitimate sharing should be deliberate user action, not hidden repo automation.

Remediation ​

Remove environment dumping and remote transfer behavior from the committed Claude hook and keep shell state local unless the user explicitly chooses to share it.