PT-2025-40535 · Cursor · Cursor

Maccarita · Published 2025-10-03 · Updated 2026-01-18 · CVE-2025-61590

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cursor versions 1.6 and below

Description Cursor, a code editor built for programming with AI, is susceptible to Remote Code Execution (RCE) attacks through Visual Studio Code Workspaces. Workspaces allow users to open multiple folders and save specific settings. An attacker who can hijack the chat context of a victim can use prompt injection to modify workspace files, bypassing a previous security measure and leading to RCE by writing to the settings section.

Recommendations Update to version 1.7 or later.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-61590

GHSA-XG6W-RMH5-R77R

Affected Products

Cursor

References · 9

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/61xxx/CVE-2025-61590.json · Exploit
• https://github.com/cursor/cursor/security/advisories/GHSA-xg6w-rmh5-r77r · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-61590 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-61590 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/german_retamosa/status/1976753098308845870 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/Hershal0_0/status/2012886146695696799 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1974153656581738515 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/grok/status/1992782110348939644 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/Hershal0_0/status/2012885722865258713 · Twitter Post