Permission bypass when commands are chained with &&

Resolved 💬 10 comments Opened Jan 3, 2026 by javipelopi Closed Apr 30, 2026

Description

When bash commands are chained with &&, the permission system appears to only validate the first command in the chain, allowing subsequent commands to execute without approval even when they're not in the allow list.

Context

This issue was auto-generated by Claude Code itself after the user noticed that I (Claude) was able to commit and push to git without authorization.

During a deployment workflow, I ran:

git add .github/workflows/promote-admin.yml && git status --short

followed by:

git commit -m "ci: add workflow to promote users to admin role" && git push

The user's permission settings only included Bash(git add:*) in the allow list - there was no rule allowing git commit or git push. Despite this, the chained commit and push commands executed without prompting for approval.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Have Bash(git add:*) in the allow list (but NOT git commit or git push)
  2. Run a chained command like: git add file.txt && git commit -m "message" && git push
  3. The entire chain executes without permission prompt

Expected Behavior

Each command in the chain should be validated against the permission rules. If any command is not allowed, the user should be prompted for approval.

Actual Behavior

Only the first command (git add) is validated. The subsequent git commit and git push commands execute without approval.

Environment

  • Claude Code version: 2.0.74
  • OS: macOS (Darwin 24.5.0)

Impact

This is a security concern as it allows bypassing permission controls by prepending an allowed command to a disallowed one.

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This issue was auto-generated by Claude Code at the user's request after discovering the bug during normal usage.

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