CVE-2025-59532: Codex has sandbox bypass due to bug in path configuration logic
Due to a bug in the sandbox configuration logic, Codex CLI could treat a model-generated cwd as the sandbox’s writable root, including paths outside of the folder where the user started their session.
What it is
Due to a bug in the sandbox configuration logic, Codex CLI could treat a model-generated cwd as the sandbox’s writable root, including paths outside of the folder where the user started their session.
This logic bypassed the intended workspace boundary and enables arbitrary file writes and command execution where the Codex process has permissions - this did not impact the network-disabled sandbox restriction.
Remediation We released a patch in Codex CLI 0.39.0 that canonicalizes and validates that the boundary used for sandbox policy is based on where the user started the session, and not the one generated by the model. Users running 0.38.0 or earlier should update immediately via their package manager or by reinstalling the latest Codex CLI to ensure sandbox boundaries are enforced.
How to check
- Affected: @openai/codex (npm) >= 0.2.0, <= 0.38.0.
- Compare your installed version with the range above (command below).
How to fix
- Upgrade @openai/codex to 0.39.0 or later.
npm ls @openai/codex -g # or: codex --version