# CVE-2025-59944

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2025-59944
- **Severity:** HIGH
- **CVSS Score:** 8.1 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)
- **CWE:** CWE-178
- **Published:** Oct 3, 2025
- **Last Modified:** Mar 13, 2026

## Description

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 Products

- cursor — cursor (< 1.7)

## References

- [CNA](https://github.com/cursor/cursor/security/advisories/GHSA-xcwh-rrwj-gxc7)

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 0.39%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 31.9

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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-10._