CVE-2025-61593 HIGH

CVE-2025-61593: Cursor CLI Agent: Sensitive File Overwrite Bypass

Vendor Cursor
Product cursor
Weakness CWE-178
Published October 3, 2025
Last update October 3, 2025
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CVSS base score

7.1/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Cursor is a code editor built for programming with AI. In versions 1.7 and below, a vulnerability in the way Cursor CLI Agent protects its sensitive files (i.e. */.cursor/cli.json) allows attackers to modify the content of the files through prompt injection, thus achieving remote code execution. A prompt injection can lead to full RCE through modifying sensitive files on case-insensitive filesystems. This issue is fixed in a commit, 25b418f, but has yet to be released as of October 3, 2025.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 3, 2025 CVE published
October 3, 2025 Record updated