What is CVE-2025-61593?

CVE-2025-61593 is a high-severity vulnerability in Anysphere Cursor, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2025-10-03.

How severe is CVE-2025-61593?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-61593 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

RCE in Anysphere Cursor

CVE-2025-61593

Cursor is a code editor built for programming with AI. In versions 1.7 and below, a vulnerability in the way Cursor CLI Agent protects its sensitive files (i.e. */.cursor/cli.json) allows attackers to modify the content of the files through prompt injection, thus achieving remote code execution. A prompt injection can lead to full RCE through modifying sensitive files on case-insensitive filesystems. This issue is fixed in a commit, 25b418f, but has yet to be released as of October 3, 2025.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

EPSS: 0.004 (30.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Anysphere Cursor
Cursor — versions <= 1.7

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-61593?: CVE-2025-61593 is a high-severity vulnerability in Anysphere Cursor, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2025-10-03.
How severe is CVE-2025-61593?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-61593 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.