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High · 8.1 CVE-2025-59944 EUVD-2025-33199

Cursor IDE: Sensitive File Overwrite Bypass is Possible

Published Oct 3, 2025 · Updated Oct 3, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Cursor is a code editor built for programming with AI. Versions 1.6.23 and below contain case-sensitive checks in the way Cursor IDE protects its sensitive files (e.g., */.cursor/mcp.json), which allows attackers to modify the content of these files through prompt injection and achieve remote code execution. A prompt injection can lead to full RCE through modifying sensitive files on case-insensitive fileystems. This issue is fixed in version 1.7.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
cursor cursor < 1.7 —

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