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CVE-2025-61593

Cursor CLI Agent: Sensitive File Overwrite Bypass

Published: Oct 3, 2025Updated: Oct 9, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-94
7.1HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 69.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

Cursor is a code editor built for programming with AI. In versions 1.7 and below, a vulnerability in the way Cursor CLI Agent protects its sensitive files (i.e. */.cursor/cli.json) allows attackers to modify the content of the files through prompt injection, thus achieving remote code execution. A prompt injection can lead to full RCE through modifying sensitive files on case-insensitive filesystems. This issue is fixed in a commit, 25b418f, but has yet to be released as of October 3, 2025.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:HPR:LUI:RS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-94CWE-178

Affected Products

cursor
commercial·USaka cursor ai
cursorMixed
DevTools & CI / ide-editor
anysphere
commercialaka anysphere ai
cursorSaaS
AI / ML / ai-agent-tooling

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Execution
Initial Access
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References

https://github.com/cursor/cursor/security/advisories/GHSA-x2vq-h6v6-jhc6
github.com

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