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CVE-2025-61590— Cursor is vulnerable to RCE via .code-workspace files using Prompt Injection

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cursor cursor
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No confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; assess based on exposure
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Check the vendor advisory and references for a fixed version. If immediate upgrade is impossible, restrict exposure and increase monitoring.

Cursor是Cursor开源的一个 AI 代码编辑器。 Cursor 1.6及之前版本存在代码注入漏洞，该漏洞源于攻击者可通过Visual Studio Code Workspaces修改工作区设置，可能导致远程代码执行。

CVSS 7.5 · High EPSS 0.52% · P43
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2025-61590

Vulnerability Information
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Vulnerability Title
Cursor is vulnerable to RCE via .code-workspace files using Prompt Injection
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
Cursor is a code editor built for programming with AI. Versions 1.6 and below are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) attacks through Visual Studio Code Workspaces. Workspaces allow users to open more than a single folder and save specific settings (pretty similar to .vscode/settings.json) for the folders / project. An untitled workspace is automatically created by VS Code (untitled.code-workspace), which contains all the folders and workspace settings from the user's current session, opening up an entire new attack vector if the user has a .code-workspace file in path (either untitled created automatically or a saved one). If an attacker is able to hijack the chat context of the victim (such as via a compromised MCP server), they can use prompt injection to make the Cursor Agent write into this file and modify the workspace. This leads to a bypass of CVE-2025-54130 which can lead to RCE by writing to the settings section. This issue is fixed in version 1.7.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
对生成代码的控制不恰当(代码注入)
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Title
Cursor 代码注入漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Cursor是Cursor开源的一个 AI 代码编辑器。 Cursor 1.6及之前版本存在代码注入漏洞，该漏洞源于攻击者可通过Visual Studio Code Workspaces修改工作区设置，可能导致远程代码执行。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)

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cursor cursor < 1.7 -

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Same Patch Batch · cursor · 2025-10-03 · 6 CVEs total

CVE-2025-61591 8.8 HIGH Cursor CLI's Cursor Agent MCP OAuth2 Communication is Vulnerable to Remote Code Execution
CVE-2025-61592 8.8 HIGH Cursor CLI: Arbitrary Code Execution Possible through Permissive CLI Config
CVE-2025-59944 8.1 HIGH Cursor IDE: Sensitive File Overwrite Bypass is Possible
CVE-2025-61593 7.1 HIGH Cursor CLI Agent: Sensitive File Overwrite Bypass
CVE-2025-61589 5.9 MEDIUM Cursor: Potential Information Leakage via Mermaid Diagram

IV. Related Vulnerabilities

Same product: cursor
Same vendor: cursor
Same weakness: CWE-94

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