anthropics / anthropics/claude-code

[Bug] False positive: legitimate Go code obfuscation request flagged as cyber/malicious

Open
#94,388 0 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub
area:model bug platform:windows
Dominant language
Python
Stars
145k
Forks
23.1k
PR merge metrics
PR metrics pending

Description

**Bug Description**
I was trying to obfuscate my own Go binary to protect it from reverse engineering, cracking, and patching. This is my own paid software, and I simply asked for help making the binary harder to crack or patch.
The message was immediately flagged as a cybersecurity violation. These false positives are becoming very frustrating.
In this project I keep hitting the same false flags, so I switched to another AI just to do a simple legitimate task. It is extremely annoying. I have a Go binary that is meant to be a paid product, and anyone can reverse-engineer it to crack or patch it. When I ask for help obfuscating the binary so it cannot be easily cracked or patched, the request gets flagged as cybersecurity-related. This is a serious problem.

**Environment Info**
- Platform: win32
- Terminal: windows-terminal
- Version: 2.1.270
- Feedback ID: a4cb7340-a084-43be-a7ac-b59b2dd8a1f1

**Errors**
```json
[]
```

Contributor guide

No contributing guide indexed for this repository

Research direction

Start by reproducing the reported false positive with the request details and feedback ID a4cb7340-a084-43be-a7ac-b59b2dd8a1f1 on the stated Windows Terminal environment. Trace where the request is classified, then verify that this legitimate Go obfuscation request is no longer incorrectly flagged while malicious requests remain protected.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
go
Domain
security
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
45/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.