Tag: MCPoison
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AI Code Editor Vulnerability: A ‘Trusted’ Flaw Led to Remote Code Execution
The AI-powered code editor Cursor was recently found vulnerable to an attack technique dubbed “MCPoison” by the Check Point research team. This flaw enabled remote execution of arbitrary code on a developer’s machine, provided the user had previously approved a configuration under the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Though the vulnerability has since been patched, experts…