China tells devs to ditch Claude Code over ‘backdoor code' fears

2026-07-09

China's National Vulnerability Database urged organizations to uninstall Claude Code versions 2.1.91 through 2.1.196 over an alleged built-in mechanism it claimed could transmit user location and identity data to remote servers, recommending upgrade to version 2.1.198 or later along with tighter network egress monitoring.