{
 "id": "AIR-2026-1275",
 "slug": "cve-2026-73217-sandbox-escape-vulnerability-in-cursor-ide",
 "title": "CVE-2026-73217: Sandbox escape vulnerability in Cursor IDE",
 "summary": "Cursor IDE for macOS allows an agent running in Auto-Run Sandbox mode to replace a Python executable with a malicious wrapper invoked outside the sandbox. This vulnerability enables arbitrary host command execution with user privileges.",
 "type": "attack_on_ai",
 "categories": [
  "infra_vuln",
  "agent_hijack"
 ],
 "severity": 2,
 "targets": [
  "framework_or_tooling"
 ],
 "products": [
  "Cursor"
 ],
 "incident_date": "2026-08-11",
 "incident_date_precision": "day",
 "first_reported": "2026-08-11",
 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-73217",
   "publisher": "NVD",
   "title": "CVE-2026-73217: Cursor is a code editor built for programming with AI.",
   "published_at": "2026-08-11"
  }
 ],
 "source_count": 1,
 "confidence": 0.95,
 "status": "published",
 "origin": "seed_nvd",
 "tags": [
  "CVE-2026-73217",
  "sandbox-escape",
  "rce"
 ],
 "created_at": "2026-10-18T10:04:21.885Z",
 "updated_at": "2026-10-18T10:04:21.885Z"
}