CVE-2025-61592Network attack vector

Code execution via project configuration override

Published Oct 3, 2025 · Updated Oct 3, 2025

Code execution in Anysphere Cursor 1.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to run shell commands when a user runs Cursor CLI in a malicious repository. Cursor CLI automatically loads .cursor/cli.json from the working directory and lets its permissions override global settings, enabling project rules or other prompt injection to invoke permitted shell commands. Exploitation requires a user to obtain a malicious repository and run the CLI inside it; resulting commands execute with that user’s local privileges.

CVSS severity8.8
High
EPSS probability0.45%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Code execution in Anysphere Cursor 1.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to run shell commands when a user runs Cursor CLI in a malicious repository. Cursor CLI automatically loads .cursor/cli.json from the working directory and lets its permissions override global settings, enabling project rules or other prompt injection to invoke permitted shell commands. Exploitation requires a user to obtain a malicious repository and run the CLI inside it; resulting commands execute with that user’s local privileges.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-61592
Published
Oct 3, 2025
Updated
Oct 3, 2025
Vendor
Anysphere
Product
Cursor
Classifications
CWE-829, T1059, T1204.002
Attack vector
network
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Oct 3, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Oct 3, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=<= 1.7

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Anysphere · Cursorversion=<= 1.7

Published CVSS scores

8.8GitHub, Inc.CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

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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)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-829Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere
T1059Command and Scripting Interpreter
T1204.002User Execution: Malicious File

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