Cursor CLI Agent: Sensitive File Overwrite Bypass

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.42% · top 63% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.1.

Weakness

• CWE-178: Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-178 and its CVEs
• CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-94 and its CVEs

Affected products

• cursor · cursor

  • affected <= 1.7

References (1)

• https://github.com/cursor/cursor/security/advisories/GHSA-x2vq-h6v6-jhc6 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRM

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2025-61593](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2025-61593.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2025-61593)

Record last updated 3 Oct 2025, 18:30 UTC.