Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere Affecting @openai/codex package, versions <0.9.0
Threat Intelligence
The probability is the direct output of the EPSS model, and conveys an overall sense of the threat of exploitation in the wild. The percentile measures the EPSS probability relative to all known EPSS scores. Note: This data is updated daily, relying on the latest available EPSS model version. Check out the EPSS documentation for more details.
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- published25 Jul 2025
- disclosed25 Jul 2025
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Introduced: 25 Jul 2025
NewCVE-2025-54558 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade @openai/codex to version 0.9.0 or higher.
Overview
@openai/codex is a
OpenAI Codex CLI
Lightweight coding agent that runs in your terminal
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere due to auto-approving ripgrep execution even when the --pre, --hostname-bin, --search-zip, or -z flags are used. An attacker can execute unauthorized commands by leveraging these flags to trigger unintended command execution.