CVE-2026-63093

Anysphere, Inc. CursorVulnerabilityCVSS 8.7

Cursor for Windows version 3.2.16 contains a binary planting vulnerability that allows remote attackers to achieve arbitrary code execution by placing a malicious git.exe file in the repository root directory. When a developer clones and opens a crafted repository, Cursor automatically resolves and executes the workspace-resident git.exe during IDE startup and on a recurring timed cadence without any user interaction, running the malicious binary under the privileges of the current user.

No public exploitation has been reported so far. No distribution fix is listed yet; apply vendor mitigations and monitor.

Recommended action: Track your distribution's security tracker and apply the fix as soon as it ships.

CVE-2026-63093 Anysphere, Inc. Cursor Vulnerability

Severity metrics

CVSS 4.0 : 8.7 HIGH · CVSS 3.1 : 8.8 HIGH

Attack vectorNetwork (remote)

Attack complexityLow

Attack requirementsNone

Privileges requiredNone

User interactionPassive

Confidentiality impactHigh

Integrity impactHigh

Availability impactHigh

Subsequent confidentialityNone

Subsequent integrityNone

Subsequent availabilityNone

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

Affected & fixed versions by distribution

Versions are the native distribution strings (backport-aware): RHEL/Debian/SUSE backport fixes, so compare with the distro version comparator (dpkg / rpm / vercmp), not the upstream version.

No affected package in the tracked watchlist yet (Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, SUSE, Red Hat...). Triage may still be pending.

Sources

Advisory NVD CVE.org

Published 2026-07-17 · updated 2026-07-26 · source: NVD