CVE-2026-73218CWE-269privilege-escalation

CVE-2026-73218

published August 11, 2026

CVSS
7.7
EPSS
1%
Percentile
49.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Cursor is a code editor built for programming with AI. Prior to 3.0.0, Cursor IDE for macOS allows an agent running in Auto-Run Sandbox mode, when Docker Desktop and the Dev Containers CLI are installed, to launch a privileged container and mount Docker's virtiofs0, granting read and write access to the user's home directory and enabling host command execution with the user's privileges without an additional permission prompt. This issue is fixed in version 3.0.0.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
7.7 · NONE
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00634 · 49.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management
Published
2026-08-11T22:18Z
References (1)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 AUG 17:47Z
    Cursor: Sandbox escape via launching privileged containers
    cvelistv5