CVE-2026-73218 — Cursor: Sandbox escape via launching privileged containers
Cursor is a code editor built for programming with AI. Prior to 3.0.0, Cursor IDE for macOS allows an agent running in Auto-Run Sandbox mode, when Docker Desktop and the Dev Con…
Published: 2026-08-11 · CVSS: 7.7 · CVSS 4.0
Cursor is a code editor built for programming with AI. Prior to 3.0.0, Cursor IDE for macOS allows an agent running in Auto-Run Sandbox mode, when Docker Desktop and the Dev Containers CLI are installed, to launch a privileged container and mount Docker's virtiofs0, granting read and write access to the user's home directory and enabling host command execution with the user's privileges without an additional permission prompt. This issue is fixed in version 3.0.0.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7