# CVE-2025-54131: Cursor bypasses its allow list to execute arbitrary commands

> Attackers can execute arbitrary commands by bypassing the allow list in Cursor's auto-run mode if users have enabled this non-default setting.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Aug 2025
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2025

## What is CVE-2025-54131?

CVE-2025-54131 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in cursor, published on 1 Aug 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Cursor is a code editor built for programming with AI. In versions below 1.3, an attacker can bypass the allow list in auto-run mode with a backtick (`) or $(cmd). If a user has swapped Cursor from its default settings (requiring approval for every terminal call) to an allowlist, an attacker can execute arbitrary command execution outside of the allowlist without user approval. An attacker can trigger this vulnerability if chained with indirect prompt injection. This is fixed in version 1.3.

Weakness: CWE-77 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-54131?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Anysphere Cursor.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-54131?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-54131 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-54131 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-54131 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in cursor

- [CVE-2026-50548](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-50548/): Cursor Desktop sandbox escape via agent-controlled working directory (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2026-50549](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-50549/): Cursor Desktop sandbox escape via symlink and failed path canonicalization (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2025-64106](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-64106/): Cursor: Speedbump Modal Bypass in MCP Server Deep-Link (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2025-64107](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-64107/): Cursor is Vulnerable to Path Manipulation Using Backslashes on Windows (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2025-64108](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-64108/): Cursor's Sensitive File Modification can Lead to NTFS Path Quirks (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-54131 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-54131 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in cursor, published on 1 Aug 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-54131 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: cursor. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-54131/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-54131/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-54131
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54131
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-54131

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-54131/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.