Cursor IDE: Sensitive File Overwrite Bypass is Possible_CVE-2025-59944

8.1 / 10

HIGH

CVSS: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.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2025-59944

Source GitHub_M

Published Oct 3, 2025 at 20:15

Affected Product

Vendor cursor

Product cursor

Version < 1.7

Affected Versions cursor cursor < 1.7

CWE Classification

CWE-178

References

github.com /cursor/cursor/security/advisories/GHSA-xcwh-rrwj-gxc7

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