CVE-2025-55345 (GCVE-0-2025-55345)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-13 08:55 – Updated: 2025-08-13 19:58
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Summary
Using Codex CLI in workspace-write mode inside a malicious context (repo, directory, etc) could lead to arbitrary file overwrite and potentially remote code execution due to symlinks being followed outside the allowed current working directory.
Severity ?
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-61 - UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Affected: 0 , < 0.12.0 (semver)
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