VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2025-59944

CVSS score8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.51%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2025-10-03
Last modified2026-10-19
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

Cursor is a code editor built for programming with AI. Versions 1.6.23 and below contain case-sensitive checks in the way Cursor IDE protects its sensitive files (e.g., */.cursor/mcp.json), which allows attackers to modify the content of these files through prompt injection and achieve remote code execution. A prompt injection can lead to full RCE through modifying sensitive files on case-insensitive fileystems. This issue is fixed in version 1.7.

Weakness classification

  • security-advisories@github.com: CWE-178

Primary references