CVE-2025-64109

05.11.2025, 00:15

Cursor is a code editor built for programming with AI. In versions and below, a vulnerability in the Cursor CLI Beta allowed an attacker to achieve remote code execution through the MCP (Model Context Protocol) server mechanism by uploading a malicious MCP configuration in .cursor/mcp.json file in a GitHub repository. Once a victim clones the project and opens it using Cursor CLI, the command to run the malicious MCP server is immediately executed without any warning, leading to potential code execution as soon as the command runs. This issue is fixed in version 2025.09.17-25b418f.

OS Command Injection

Provider	Type	Base Score	Atk. Vector	Atk. Complexity	Priv. Required	Vector
NIST	NIST	8.8 HIGH	NETWORK	LOW	NONE	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub_M	CNA	8.8 HIGH	NETWORK	LOW	NONE	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Awaiting analysis

This vulnerability is currently awaiting analysis.

Base Score

CVSS 3.x

EPSS Score

Percentile: Unknown

Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
The software constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component.

References

https://github.com/cursor/cursor/security/advisories/GHSA-4hwr-97q3-37w2