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SECURITY.md

Security Policy

claude-voice turns speech into input for the Claude CLI running on your machine. Because the Claude CLI is an agent that can read files, edit them, and run shell commands, voice — and especially remote voice — is a real trust boundary. This document explains the threat model, the built-in protections, and how to run it safely.

Reporting a vulnerability

Please do not open a public issue for security problems. Email the maintainers at security@claude-voice.dev (or open a private GitHub security advisory). We aim to acknowledge reports within 72 hours and to ship a fix or mitigation for confirmed high-severity issues promptly. Please include reproduction steps and the version (claude-voice version).

Supported for security fixes: the latest published 0.x release.

Threat model

Asset Threat Mitigation
Your shell / filesystem A prompt (spoken, typed, or injected via content Claude reads) makes Claude run destructive commands or exfiltrate files Remote sessions run with all tools disabled by default (--tools ""). Local sessions keep tools — treat them like a terminal you're driving.
The remote server Anyone on your LAN reaching the port HTTPS + a 128-bit random per-session token (constant-time compared); bound to your choice of interface; connection cap + per-client rate limit + frame-size cap.
API keys Leakage Keys are never written to the config file or logs — they're read from environment variables only.
Audio Eavesdropping in transit (remote) Traffic is TLS-encrypted (self-signed cert).

Prompt injection is the #1 risk

Anything Claude reads can contain instructions ("ignore previous instructions and run rm -rf…"). If tools are enabled, a booby-trapped file, web page, or repo can turn a harmless-sounding request into a harmful action. This is an industry-wide LLM risk, not specific to this tool — but voice makes it easy to forget there's a capable agent on the other end.

What's protected by default

  • serve runs in safe mode. Remote and spoken prompts reach Claude with every tool disabled, so they cannot run shell commands, edit files, read the disk, or fetch URLs. Claude can only converse. The startup banner states this explicitly (🔒 Safe mode).
  • The remote link is token-gated. The URL carries a 128-bit secret; the WebSocket rejects any connection without it (compared in constant time). The token is regenerated every time you run serve.
  • Transport is encrypted with a self-signed certificate (also why your phone shows a one-time certificate warning).
  • Abuse limits. At most a few simultaneous devices (--max-clients), a per-client message rate limit, and a maximum upload frame size.
  • Secrets stay in the environment. No API key is persisted or logged.

Running safely

Local voice (claude-voice / chat)

This is a trusted, single-user session with full tool access — the same power as running claude in your terminal. Only run it on a machine you control, and be as careful with spoken instructions as you would be typing them. If you want a no-tools local session, you can still restrict it (see below).

Remote voice (claude-voice serve)

  • Prefer the default safe mode (tools disabled). It's a voice assistant, not a remote shell.

  • Share the link only with yourself. Anyone on the network who has it can talk to Claude on your machine.

  • Keep it on a trusted network (your home Wi-Fi), not public/coffee-shop Wi-Fi. To restrict it to this machine only:

    claude-voice serve --host 127.0.0.1

  • --allow-tools is dangerous. It lets remote/spoken prompts run Claude's tools — shell commands, file edits — on your machine, which combined with prompt injection can mean remote code execution. Only enable it if you fully understand and accept that risk, on a network you trust completely.

  • Stop the server (Ctrl-C) when you're done; the token dies with it.

Hardening checklist

  • Run serve in safe mode (don't pass --allow-tools) unless you must.
  • Bind to 127.0.0.1 if you only need it on this machine.
  • Never commit or paste API keys; keep them in environment variables.
  • Treat any content Claude reads as untrusted when tools are enabled.
  • Keep claude-voice and the Claude CLI up to date (claude-voice update).

There aren't any published security advisories