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TI-2025-38038 Aliases CVE-2025-61592

Cursor CLI: Arbitrary Code Execution Possible through Permissive CLI Config

Priority MEDIUM 40CWE-829Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-829.

Summary

Cursor is a code editor built for programming with AI. In versions 1.7 and below, automatic loading of project-specific CLI configuration from the current working directory (<project>/.cursor/cli.json) could override certain global configurations in Cursor CLI. This allowed users running the CLI inside a malicious repository to be vulnerable to Remote Code Execution through a combination of permissive configuration (allowing shell commands) and prompt injection delivered via project-specific Rules (<project>/.cursor/rules/rule.mdc) or other mechanisms. The fix for this issue is currently available as a patch 2025.09.17-25b418f. As of October 3, 2025 there is no release version.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00455 39th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
cursorcursorup to 1.7—No fix listedCNA
  • cursor Vendorcursor Affected up to 1.7 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:anysphere:cursor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 1.7Vulnerablecursor
  • cpe:2.3:a:anysphere:cursor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.7 Vulnerable ·cursor

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-61592

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2026-45043 Cursor for Windows 3.2.16 RCE via Malicious git.exe in Workspace CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2025-33979 Cursor's Modification of MCP Server Definitions Bypasses Manual Re-approvals CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2026-37271 Cursor Desktop sandbox escape via symlink and failed path canonicalization CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
  • TI-2026-37270 Cursor Desktop sandbox escape via agent-controlled working directory CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
  • TI-2025-38037 Cursor CLI's Cursor Agent MCP OAuth2 Communication is Vulnerable to Remote Code Execution CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2025-33978 Cursor Agent is vulnerable to prompt injection via MCP Special Files CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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