Cursor

medium risk

AI Coding Assistantcursor.comverified 2026-06-27profile 85% complete

Data-handling profile

Trains on input: Yes, on the consumer tier (enterprise tier excluded)
Retention: Zero data retention (ZDR) agreements held with all underlying model providers. With Privacy Mode ON (default and enforced for Business/enterprise plans), code is not stored or trained on and is discarded after each request. With Privacy Mode OFF (possible on individual/free tiers), prompts/code may be retained up to 30 days for safety monitoring and may contribute to product improvement.
Data region: US
Certifications: SOC 2 Type II
DPA available: Yes
Breach history: Multiple 2025 CVEs disclosed (e.g., CVE-2025-54135 'CurXecute', CVE-2025-54136 'MCPoison', CVE-2025-64110, CVE-2025-59944) — prompt-injection/RCE-class vulnerabilities in the editor's agent and MCP handling, patched by vendor; not a data-training/retention breach but relevant application-security history.
EU AI Act: Enterprise privacy-mode-by-default and ZDR contracts with model providers reduce EU AI Act training-data exposure, but numerous 2025 agentic-tool CVEs indicate elevated application-security risk to weigh alongside data-handling posture.

Sources

Every fact above is drawn from the vendor's public documentation, reviewed by a human, and version-stamped. Monitored daily for changes.

Control mapping

Obligations this vendor triggers, each attributable to the fact it rests on — for your supplier register, not a compliance determination.

EU AI Act Art. 50 — Transparency obligations for AI systemsattention
trains_on_input = consumer_tier. Inputs may be reused for model training — users interacting with this system need to be informed accordingly.
EU AI Act Art. 26 — Obligations of deployers of high-risk AI systemsapplies
Applies to your organisation as deployer, independent of vendor. Assign human oversight, keep logs, and monitor operation where this tool is used in a high-risk context (Annex III duties apply from 2 Dec 2027).
ISO/IEC 27001 A.5.19 — Information security in supplier relationshipsapplies
Cursor processes organisational data as a supplier. Include this vendor in the supplier register and risk assessment.
ISO/IEC 27001 A.5.20 — Addressing information security within supplier agreementsok
dpa_available = true. A data processing agreement is available and should be executed.
ISO/IEC 27001 A.5.22 — Monitoring, review and change management of supplier servicesattention
breach_history: Multiple 2025 CVEs disclosed (e.g., CVE-2025-54135 'CurXecute', CVE-2025-54136 'MCPoison', CVE-2025-64110, CVE-2025-59944) — prompt-injection/RCE-class vulnerabilities in the editor's agent and MCP handling, patched by vendor; not a data-training/retention breach but relevant application-security history. Prior incident on record — justify continued use and monitor.
ISO/IEC 27001 A.5.23 — Information security for use of cloud servicesattention
Cloud AI service; trains_on_input = consumer_tier. Data submitted to this cloud service may be retained or reused — define acceptable-use rules for it.
ISO/IEC 42001 A.10.3 — Suppliers of AI systems and servicesapplies
certifications: SOC 2 Type II No AI-management certification identified; assurance must come from your own supplier assessment.
GDPR Art. 44–49 — International transfers of personal dataattention
data_region = US. Processing occurs outside the EU/EEA — a transfer mechanism (SCCs or adequacy) must be in place.
NIS2 Art. 21(2)(d) — Supply chain securityapplies
AI vendor forms part of your ICT supply chain. In scope for entities covered by NIS2; include in supply-chain risk measures.
DORA Art. 28 — General principles for ICT third-party riskapplies
AI vendor is an ICT third-party service provider. For financial entities: register of information and contractual requirements apply.

Change history

No material changes recorded since monitoring began.