CVE-2026-22708 — External Control of System or Configuration Setting in Cursor

CWE-15 — External Control of System or Configuration SettingCWE-74 — InjectionCWE-77 — Command InjectionCWE-78 — OS Command InjectionCWE-94 — Code InjectionCWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management3 documents2 sources
Severity
7.2HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 79.47%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
CursorAnysphere Cursor
Timeline
PublishedJan 14

Description

Cursor is a code editor built for programming with AI. Prior to 2.3, hen the Cursor Agent is running in Auto-Run Mode with Allowlist mode enabled, certain shell built-ins can still be executed without appearing in the allowlist and without requiring user approval. This allows an attacker via indirect or direct prompt injection to poison the shell environment by setting, modifying, or removing environment variables that influence trusted commands. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.3.

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Packages2 packages

▶CVEListV5cursor/cursor< 2.3
▶NVDanysphere/cursor< 2.3

🕵️Threat Intelligence

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