{"id":"CVE-2025-61592","aliases":["EUVD-2025-33204"],"status":"published","title":"Cursor CLI: Arbitrary Code Execution Possible through Permissive CLI Config","description":"Cursor is a code editor built for programming with AI. In versions 1.7 and below, automatic loading of project-specific CLI configuration from the current working directory (\u003cproject\u003e/.cursor/cli.json) could override certain global configurations in Cursor CLI. This allowed users running the CLI inside a malicious repository to be vulnerable to Remote Code Execution through a combination of permissive configuration (allowing shell commands) and prompt injection delivered via project-specific Rules (\u003cproject\u003e/.cursor/rules/rule.mdc) or other mechanisms. The fix for this issue is currently available as a patch 2025.09.17-25b418f. As of October 3, 2025 there is no release version.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.00455,"percentile":0.39757,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-829"],"published":"2025-10-03T17:23:37Z","modified":"2026-10-19T17:10:00Z","products":[{"vendor":"anysphere","product":"cursor"},{"vendor":"cursor","product":"cursor"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/cursor/cursor/security/advisories/GHSA-v64q-396f-7m79","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","Vendor Advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2025-61592","title":"Cursor CLI: Arbitrary Code Execution Possible through Permissive CLI Config","description":"Cursor is a code editor built for programming with AI. In versions 1.7 and below, automatic loading of project-specific CLI configuration from the current working directory (\u003cproject\u003e/.cursor/cli.json) could override certain global configurations in Cursor CLI. This allowed users running the CLI inside a malicious repository to be vulnerable to Remote Code Execution through a combination of permissive configuration (allowing shell commands) and prompt injection delivered via project-specific Rules (\u003cproject\u003e/.cursor/rules/rule.mdc) or other mechanisms. The fix for this issue is currently available as a patch 2025.09.17-25b418f. As of October 3, 2025 there is no release version.","status":"published","published":"2025-10-03T17:23:37.743Z","modified":"2025-10-03T18:29:26.868Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-829"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:32:45.105469Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2025-33204","description":"Cursor is a code editor built for programming with AI. In versions 1.7 and below, automatic loading of project-specific CLI configuration from the current working directory (\u003cproject\u003e/.cursor/cli.json) could override certain global configurations in Cursor CLI. This allowed users running the CLI inside a malicious repository to be vulnerable to Remote Code Execution through a combination of permissive configuration (allowing shell commands) and prompt injection delivered via project-specific Rules (\u003cproject\u003e/.cursor/rules/rule.mdc) or other mechanisms. The fix for this issue is currently available as a patch 2025.09.17-25b418f. As of October 3, 2025 there is no release version.","status":"published","published":"2025-10-03T17:23:37Z","modified":"2025-10-03T18:29:26Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T20:31:36.284733Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2025-61592","description":"Cursor is a code editor built for programming with AI. In versions 1.7 and below, automatic loading of project-specific CLI configuration from the current working directory (\u003cproject\u003e/.cursor/cli.json) could override certain global configurations in Cursor CLI. This allowed users running the CLI inside a malicious repository to be vulnerable to Remote Code Execution through a combination of permissive configuration (allowing shell commands) and prompt injection delivered via project-specific Rules (\u003cproject\u003e/.cursor/rules/rule.mdc) or other mechanisms. The fix for this issue is currently available as a patch 2025.09.17-25b418f. As of October 3, 2025 there is no release version.","status":"published","published":"2025-10-03T18:15:36.067Z","modified":"2026-10-19T17:10:00.173Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-829"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:11:34.090044Z"}]}}