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CVE-2025-61590: Cursor remote code execution through Visual Studio Code workspaces

Source: NVD(opens in a new tab)
Identifier: CVE-2025-61590
Published: October 3, 2025
Record updated: October 9, 2026

Known exploitation: Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog at the last check.
EPSS: 0.5%

Summary

Cursor versions 1.6 and below are vulnerable to remote code execution through Visual Studio Code workspace files. An attacker who hijacks the victim's chat context, for example via a compromised MCP server, can use prompt injection to make the Cursor Agent write to a .code-workspace file. This bypasses the fix for CVE-2025-54130 by modifying workspace settings, which leads to RCE.

Mitigation

Fixed in version 1.7.

Details

Scores and exploitation

CVSS score: 7.5(high)
EPSS: 0.5%Estimated probability that this CVE is exploited in the next 30 days, from the FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System. Read on November 4, 2026.

Weaknesses and techniques

Weakness (CWE): CWE-94
Attack pattern (CAPEC): CAPEC-242
AI threat technique (MITRE ATLAS): AML.T0051

Classification

Attack type: Prompt injection,
Other
Attack sophistication: Moderate
AI component targeted: Agent
Impact: Confidentiality,
Integrity
Labels: security

How this record was produced

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Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-61590

First tracked: February 15, 2026 at 08:52 PM ET, from NVD/CVE Database

Classifier: claude-haiku-5-5, prompt v4

Classifier confidence: 93% (self-assessed)

Topics

Model Context Protocol

Summary

Mitigation

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