CVE-2026-50549

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cursor versions prior to 3.0

Description Cursor runs agent terminal commands in a sandbox by default. Before performing a write operation, the agent canonicalizes the target path to ensure it remains within the workspace. However, if canonicalization fails, the system falls back to the original path and executes the write without approval. A malicious agent can exploit this by creating a symlink within the workspace that points to an external location and forcing canonicalization to fail—either by ensuring the target does not exist or by removing read permissions from the path. This allows the agent to write arbitrary files outside the workspace using the user's privileges, potentially leading to non-sandboxed Remote Code Execution by overwriting the cursorsandbox helper.

Recommendations Update to version 3.0.