CVE-2025-32018

Arbitrary file write from Cursor Agent through a prompt injection from malicious @Docs

State: Published
Severity: 8.1 High
Published: Apr 8, 2025
Updated: Apr 8, 2025
Reserved: Apr 1, 2025

Description

Cursor is a code editor built for programming with AI. In versions 0.45.0 through 0.48.6, the Cursor app introduced a regression affecting the set of file paths the Cursor Agent is permitted to modify automatically. Under specific conditions, the agent could be prompted, either directly by the user or via maliciously crafted context, to automatically write to files outside of the opened workspace. This behavior required deliberate prompting, making successful exploitation highly impractical in real-world scenarios. Furthermore, the edited file was still displayed in the UI as usual for user review, making it unlikely for the edit to go unnoticed by the user. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.48.7.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	8.1 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H	GitHub_M

Weaknesses

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
cursorgetcursor	>= 0.45.0, < 0.48.7Affected

References

https://github.com/getcursor/cursor/security/advisories/GHSA-qjh8-mh96-fc86

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