cd /news/ai-tools/cursor-says-seven-month-unresolved-b… · home topics ai-tools article
[ARTICLE · art-61980] src=thestack.technology ↗ pub= topic=ai-tools verified=true sentiment=↓ negative

Cursor says seven-month unresolved bug is not its responsibility

Cursor denied responsibility for a seven-month-old arbitrary code execution bug in its vibe coding platform, saying the issue depends on compromised or malicious input and falls outside its bug bounty scope. The platform, owned by Anysphere and used by 64% of the Fortune 500, was criticized by researchers at Mindgard for ignoring their disclosure.

read1 min views1 publishedJul 16, 2026
Cursor says seven-month unresolved bug is not its responsibility
Image: Thestack (auto-discovered)

Cursor has denied responsibility for an arbitrary code execution bug in its vibe coding platform after researchers said it had failed to patch the vulnerability for seven months.

The platform, bought by SpaceX for $60 billion in June, said the issue depended on a compromised or malicious input and therefore fell outside its bug bounty scope after Mindgard accused it of ignoring its research.

A Cursor spokesperson told The Stack: “We operate under a shared responsibility model for workspace and agent-context inputs: customers decide which repositories, prompts, external content, MCP servers, rules, and tools to introduce into their environment, and Cursor provides controls to help manage that trust boundary.”

Cursor, a product of Anysphere, has more than 50,000 enterprise customers, including 64% of the Fortune 500, according to its website, and a

1 million+ daily active users. reported## Get the full story: Subscribe for free

Join peers managing over $100 billion in annual IT spend and subscribe to unlock full access to The Stack’s analysis and events.

[Subscribe now](https://www.thestack.technology/membership/)

Already a member? [Sign in](https://www.thestack.technology/signin/)
── more in #ai-tools 4 stories · sorted by recency
── more on @cursor 3 stories trending now
sponsored brought to you by zahid.host 4,200+ EU-deployed projects
reading about agents? ship yours in a single git push.

Run your AI side-project on zahid.host

EU-based hosting, git-push deploys, automatic HTTPS, no cold starts. Free tier with a custom domain — perfect for shipping the agent you just read about.

$git push zahid main
Live at https://your-agent.zahid.host
Get free account → Pricing
from €0/mo · no card required
LIVE [news/cursor-says-seven-mo…] indexed:0 read:1min 2026-07-16 ·