CVE-2026-73217CWE-693

CVE-2026-73217

published August 11, 2026

CVSS
7.7
EPSS
0%
Percentile
36.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Cursor is a code editor built for programming with AI. Prior to 3.1.2, Cursor IDE for macOS allows an agent running in Auto-Run Sandbox mode to replace a virtual environment's Python executable with a malicious wrapper that the Microsoft Python extension invokes outside the sandbox, allowing arbitrary host commands with the user's privileges, including modifying files outside the workspace and launching applications. This issue is fixed in version 3.1.2.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
7.7 · NONE
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00428 · 36.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-693 · Protection Mechanism Failure
Published
2026-08-11T22:18Z
References (1)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 AUG 17:46Z
    Cursor: Sandbox escape via tampered Python virtual environments
    cvelistv5