{"@context":"https://openvex.dev/ns/v0.2.0","@id":"https://database.harborguard.co/cve/CVE-2026-50549/vex.json","author":"HarborGuard Database","role":"Document Creator","timestamp":"2026-06-25T19:02:41.108Z","version":1,"tooling":"HarborGuard Database (https://database.harborguard.co)","statements":[{"vulnerability":{"name":"CVE-2026-50549","@id":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-50549","description":"Cursor is a code editor built for programming with AI. Prior to 3.0, Cursor runs agent terminal commands in a sandbox by default. Before a Write, the agent canonicalizes the target path to confirm it stays inside the workspace, but when canonicalization fails it falls back to the original path and writes without approval. A malicious agent can create an in-workspace symlink that points outside the workspace and force canonicalization to fail — either because the target does not exist or because "},"products":[{"@id":"cpe:2.3:a:cursor:cursor:\\<_3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","identifiers":{"cpe23":"cpe:2.3:a:cursor:cursor:\\<_3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"}}],"status":"affected","action_statement":"No fixed version is published yet; monitor the upstream advisory.","timestamp":"2026-06-25T19:02:41.108Z"}]}