CVE-2025-59944CRITICAL 9.8EPSS p24.5%

CVE-2025-59944CVE-2025-59944

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.

Scoring

CVSS 3.19.8 (CRITICAL)
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS0.33% probability of exploitation · percentile 24.5% · 2026-06-19T12:03:05Z
Published2025-10-03
Last modified2025-10-16

Underlying weaknesses· 1

CWE-178

References

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

1

TypeTargetConfidenceTier
WeaknessImproper Handling of Case Sensitivitycwe-1780%live

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