Cursor IDE's extension proxy risks installing unvetted, outdated, or malicious code

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The Cursor IDE cannot use Microsoft's official Visual Studio Code marketplace, so it routes extension installations through its own proxy to the Open VSX registry. This means a trusted extension ID can install code from a different publisher or a different, possibly outdated, version than the one on Microsoft's marketplace. Security researchers have documented instances where malicious extensions on Open VSX, which were blocked on Microsoft's platform, led to significant financial losses for users. The system lacks version pinning and has auto-updates enabled by default, allowing unvetted updates to reach developers automatically. Cursor also disables Workspace Trust by default and sets its Marketplace Install Cooldown to zero, further increasing security risks.

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