Two flaws in Cursor, an AI code editor, could let a single, ordinary-looking prompt break out of the editor's safety sandbox and run any command on a developer's computer. There is no click to fall for and no approval box to ignore.

Cato AI Labs found the pair and named them DuneSlide. They are tracked as CVE-2026-50548 and CVE-2026-50549, both rated 9.8 out of 10 (or 9.3



Source: TheHackerNews
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