CVE-2025-27554

March 1, 2025, 6:15 a.m.

9.9
Critical

Description

ToDesktop before 2024-10-03, as used by Cursor before 2024-10-03 and other applications, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the build server (e.g., read secrets from the desktopify config.prod.json file), and consequently deploy updates to any app, via a postinstall script in package.json. No exploitation occurred.

Product(s) Impacted

Product Versions
ToDesktop
  • before 2024-10-03
Cursor
  • before 2024-10-03

Weaknesses

CWE-94
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.

References

https://kibty.town/blog/todesktop
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43210858
https://www.todesktop.com/blog/posts/security-incident-at-todesktop

Tags

cve@mitre.org
CWE-94
2025-03-01
CVE-2025-27554

CVSS Score

9.9 / 10

CVSS Data

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: LOW
  • Scope: CHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
  • Integrity Impact: HIGH
  • Availability Impact: HIGH
    • View Vector String

    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Date

  • Published: March 1, 2025, 6:15 a.m.
  • Last Modified: March 1, 2025, 6:15 a.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

cve@mitre.org

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