Cursor bypasses its allow list to execute arbitrary commands

6.4 / 10

MEDIUM

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

Description

Cursor is a code editor built for programming with AI. In versions below 1.3, an attacker can bypass the allow list in auto-run mode with a backtick (`) or $(cmd). If a user has swapped Cursor from its default settings (requiring approval for every terminal call) to an allowlist, an attacker can execute arbitrary command execution outside of the allowlist without user approval. An attacker can trigger this vulnerability if chained with indirect prompt injection. This is fixed in version 1.3.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2025-54131

Source GitHub_M

Published Aug 1, 2025 at 23:05

Modified Aug 4, 2025 at 13:57

Affected Product

Vendor cursor

Product cursor

Version < 1.3

Affected Versions cursor cursor < 1.3

CWE Classification

CWE-77

References

github.com /cursor/cursor/security/advisories/GHSA-534m-3w6r-8pqr

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