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August 2025

Cursor AI Code Editor Vulnerability Enables RCE via Malicious MCP File Swaps Post Approval

Cursor AI Code Editor Vulnerability Enables RCE via Malicious MCP File Swaps Post Approval

Aug 05, 2025Ravie LakshmananAI Security / MCP Protocol Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a high-severity security flaw in the artificial intelligence (AI)-powered code editor Cursor that could result in remote code execution. The vulnerability, tracked as…