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High · 7.7 CVE-2026-73217 EUVD-2026-56838

Cursor: Sandbox escape via tampered Python virtual environments

Published Aug 11, 2026 · Updated Aug 11, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Cursor is a code editor built for programming with AI. Prior to 3.1.2, Cursor IDE for macOS allows an agent running in Auto-Run Sandbox mode to replace a virtual environment's Python executable with a malicious wrapper that the Microsoft Python extension invokes outside the sandbox, allowing arbitrary host commands with the user's privileges, including modifying files outside the workspace and launching applications. This issue is fixed in version 3.1.2.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
cursor cursor < 3.1.2 —

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