CVE-2024-45599

Camera and microphone access via dynamic library injection

Published Sep 24, 2024 · Updated Sep 24, 2024

Permission bypass in Anysphere Cursor before 0.41.0 allows local users to access the camera or microphone through injected code. The macOS app combines camera and audio-input entitlements with permissions that honor DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES and accept an external dynamic library. Exploitation requires local code execution and prior camera or microphone consent for Cursor, and exposes only those device inputs.

CVSS severity3.8
Low
EPSS probability0.18%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Permission bypass in Anysphere Cursor before 0.41.0 allows local users to access the camera or microphone through injected code. The macOS app combines camera and audio-input entitlements with permissions that honor DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES and accept an external dynamic library. Exploitation requires local code execution and prior camera or microphone consent for Cursor, and exposes only those device inputs.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-45599
Published
Sep 24, 2024
Updated
Sep 24, 2024
Vendor
Anysphere
Product
Cursor
Classifications
CWE-277, T1574.006
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Sep 24, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Sep 24, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=< 0.41.0

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Anysphere · Cursorversion=< 0.41.0

Published CVSS scores

3.8GitHub, Inc.CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-277Insecure Inherited Permissions
T1574.006Dynamic Linker Hijacking

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