# CVE-2025-54131: Cursor bypasses its allow list to execute arbitrary commands

> CVE-2025-54131: Cursor bypasses its allow list to execute arbitrary commands. CVSS 6.4 (CVSS 3.1).

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-54131
Last updated: 2026-06-17T09:39:30Z

- Published: 2025-08-01 23:05 UTC · Updated: 2026-06-17 09:39 UTC · Assigner: GitHub\_M
- CVSS: 6.4 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: Medium · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS: 0.51%, 44th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: no
- CWE: CWE-77

## Description

Cursor is a code editor built for programming with AI. In versions below 1.3, an attacker can bypass the allow list in auto-run mode with a backtick (\`) or $(cmd). If a user has swapped Cursor from its default settings (requiring approval for every terminal call) to an allowlist, an attacker can execute arbitrary command execution outside of the allowlist without user approval. An attacker can trigger this vulnerability if chained with indirect prompt injection. This is fixed in version 1.3.

## Affected vendors and products

- cursor: cursor

## Tracked companies

- [Cursor](https://rewindex.com/company/cursor.md)

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-54131)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54131)
- [https://github.com/cursor/cursor/security/advisories/GHSA-534m-3w6r-8pqr](https://github.com/cursor/cursor/security/advisories/GHSA-534m-3w6r-8pqr)

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_Sources: CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (https://www.cve.org/) This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (https://nvd.nist.gov/) Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog) EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (https://www.first.org/epss/)_


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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-54131 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-54131.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2025-54131 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T02:13:03.164Z