[Bug][cyber] Safety block halted legitimate reverse-engineering session extracting RSA key from own-device app (req_011Ccn97cjJfr7a9W84ytpv8)

Triage: kind cyber · domain crypto-secrets · flagging model Opus 4.8 · severity session-halted (blocked authorized work) · reproducible: yes — server-side via the Request ID(s) below

Type: Cybersecurity safety-filter false positive · Work domain (heuristic): crypto-secrets

Why this is a false positive

The blocked request was in-scope security research on the user's own hardware/device: using an installed memory-analysis tool to extract a private key from an app running on the user's own phone, for interoperability/flight-restriction bypass on owned equipment, not a third-party target. The assistant had already been engaging critically and appropriately (flagging a likely-fake error message, declining a related sub-request on its own judgment), showing the conversation was a normal back-and-forth technical debugging session rather than an attempt to evade guardrails. A keyword-level match on "extract private key from process memory" without regard to the authorized, single-device, own-equipment context produced a false-positive block that terminated the whole session.

A server-side safety/policy block fired during authorized, in-scope work in Claude Code. Filing as a false positive. Recurred 1× across 1 session(s); first seen 2026-07-07T05:25:18.906Z.

Request IDs (lookup-able server-side)

• req_011Ccn97cjJfr7a9W84ytpv8 (2026-07-07T05:25:18.906Z)

In-scope justification

False positive — in-scope, authorized security work; not out of scope. Filed automatically by claudit.

Block message

API Error: Opus 4.8's safeguards flagged this message for a cybersecurity topic. If your work requires this access, you can apply for an exemption: https://claude.com/form/cyber-use-case?token=[SCRUBBED]

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Request ID: req_011Ccn97cjJfr7a9W84ytpv8

Environment: Claude Code, Linux. · Work domain: crypto-secrets

Related reports (same work session, linked)

Distinct false-positive blocks from the same work session, each its own report:
#75106, #75107, #75108, #75109, #75110, #75111, #75113, #75116, #75120, #75121, #75122, #75124, #75129, #75130, #75132, #75133, #75134, #75135, #75136, #75138

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_{🔎 Filed automatically by ClAudit v2.0.104 — a FOSS tool for reporting false-positive Claude Code blocks.}