PT-2025-32971 · Codex Cli · Codex Cli

Published 2025-08-13 · Updated 2025-08-18 · CVE-2025-55345

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Codex CLI (affected versions not specified)

Description: Using Codex CLI in workspace-write mode within a malicious context (repository, directory, etc.) may lead to arbitrary file overwrite and potentially remote code execution. This occurs because the software follows symlinks outside the permitted current working directory.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-61

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-55345

Affected Products

Codex Cli

References · 9

• 🔥 https://research.jfrog.com/vulnerabilities/codex-cli-symlink-arbitrary-file-overwrite-jfsa-2025-001378631 · Exploit
• https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/1705 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-55345 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-55345 · Security Note
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/29867 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/UjlakiMarci/status/1955645569579332045 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1955658267029331976 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/cracbot/status/1957397123101491699 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cveNotify/132014 · Telegram Post