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CVE-2026-22708

Cursor has a Terminal Tool Allowlist Bypass via Environment Variables

Published: Jan 14, 2026Updated: Feb 3, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-15
9.8CRITICAL
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 59.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Cursor is a code editor built for programming with AI. Prior to 2.3, hen the Cursor Agent is running in Auto-Run Mode with Allowlist mode enabled, certain shell built-ins can still be executed without appearing in the allowlist and without requiring user approval. This allows an attacker via indirect or direct prompt injection to poison the shell environment by setting, modifying, or removing environment variables that influence trusted commands. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.3.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-15CWE-74CWE-77CWE-78CWE-94CWE-269

Affected Products

cursoranysphere
SaaS
AI / ML / ai-agent-tooling
cursorcursor
Mixed
DevTools & CI / ide-editor
anyspherecommercialAI / MLaka anysphere ai
cursorcommercialUSDevTools & CIaka cursor ai

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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MITRE ATT&CK

3 techniques
Execution
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://github.com/cursor/cursor/security/advisories/GHSA-82wg-qcm4-fp2w
github.com

Timeline

Published
Jan 14, 2026
Last Updated
Feb 3, 2026
News mentions
1

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