# CVE-2025-61592: Cursor CLI: Arbitrary Code Execution Possible through Permissive CLI Config > CVE-2025-61592: Cursor CLI: Arbitrary Code Execution Possible through Permissive CLI Config. CVSS 8.8 (CVSS 3.1). Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-61592 Last updated: 2026-10-19T17:10:00Z - Published: 2025-10-03 17:23 UTC · Updated: 2026-10-19 17:10 UTC · Assigner: GitHub\_M - CVSS: 8.8 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: High · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS: 0.46%, 39th percentile (scored 2026-10-25) - CISA KEV: no - CWE: CWE-829 ## 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 (\/.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 (\/.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. ## 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-2025-61592) - [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-61592) - [https://github.com/cursor/cursor/security/advisories/GHSA-v64q-396f-7m79](https://github.com/cursor/cursor/security/advisories/GHSA-v64q-396f-7m79) --- _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/)_ --- Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-61592 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-61592.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2025-61592 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T02:13:40.971Z