CVE-2025-61592
Cursor CLI: Arbitrary Code Execution Possible through Permissive CLI Config
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.8 High
- Published
- Oct 3, 2025
- Updated
- Oct 3, 2025
- Reserved
- Sep 26, 2025
Description
Cursor is a code editor built for programming with AI. In versions 1.7 and below, automatic loading of project-specific CLI configuration from the current working directory (<project>/.cursor/cli.json) could override certain global configurations in Cursor CLI. This allowed users running the CLI inside a malicious repository to be vulnerable to Remote Code Execution through a combination of permissive configuration (allowing shell commands) and prompt injection delivered via project-specific Rules (<project>/.cursor/rules/rule.mdc) or other mechanisms. The fix for this issue is currently available as a patch 2025.09.17-25b418f. As of October 3, 2025 there is no release version.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 8.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
- CWE-829 Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
cursorcursor |
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References
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