Cursor Config Overwrite via Case Mismatch
Date: 2025-10
Affected: Cursor Config Overwrite via Case Mismatch
Attack vector: rce
Category: real-world
Severity: Critical
CVE: CVE-2025-59944
CWE: CWE-178
CVSS:  (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Case-insensitive filesystems allowed crafted prompt to overwrite critical `.cursor` config, enabling persistent RCE and agent compromise.


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Architectural layers (MAESTRO):