CVE-2025-59944 — Cursor IDE: Sensitive File Overwrite Bypass is Possible

CVE-2025-59944

Cursor IDE: Sensitive File Overwrite Bypass is Possible PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

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 (CNA)

Vendor / product	Versions
cursor / cursor	affected < 1.7

CWE

CWE-178

References

https://github.com/cursor/cursor/security/advisories/GHSA-xcwh-rrwj-gxc7

ADP enrichment

CISA-ADP

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