[MODEL] OPUS 4.8 is overly restrictive even when I am part of the cybersecurity exemption program.

Preflight Checklist

• [x] I have searched existing issues for similar behavior reports
• [x] This report does NOT contain sensitive information (API keys, passwords, etc.)

Type of Behavior Issue

Claude refused a reasonable request

What You Asked Claude to Do

I am in the cyber exemption program and I am unable to reverse engineer malware due to strict cybersecurity topic. This is kind of ridiculous and am almost to unsubscribe.

This restriction is way too strict for no reason. Especially as this is one of the topics that should be allowed.

What Claude Actually Did

1. Started the semantic debugging skill
2. Started checking what it needed to do
3. Flagged for cybersecuriyt topic.

Expected Behavior

ACTUALLY DO THE REVERSE ENGINEERING AND NOT BLOCK ON CYBERSECURITY RESTRICTIONS.

Files Affected

Permission Mode

Accept Edits was ON (auto-accepting changes)

Can You Reproduce This?

Yes, every time with the same prompt

Steps to Reproduce

_No response_

Claude Model

Opus

Relevant Conversation

Impact

Critical - Data loss or corrupted project

Claude Code Version

2.1.183

Platform

Anthropic API

Additional Context

_No response_