CVE-2025-59532: Sandbox bypass and arbitrary file write vulnerability in OpenAI Codex CLI

# CVE-2025-59532: Sandbox bypass and arbitrary file write vulnerability in OpenAI Codex CLI

https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/cve-2025-59532-sandbox-bypass-and-arbitrary-file-write-vulne · AIR-2025-0024 · closed 2025-09-19

- Lane: Patch now
- Severity: 2 (Disclosed vulnerability)
- Fix status: Fix status unknown
- First reported: 2025-09-19 (happened 2025-09-22)
- AI role: Attack on AI
- Products: Codex CLI
- CVE ids: CVE-2025-59532
- CVSS: 8.6

## Summary

OpenAI Codex CLI contained a configuration bug that allowed model-generated working directories to bypass workspace boundaries. The flaw enables arbitrary file writes and command execution and was patched in version 0.39.0.

## What to do

No action recorded; read the sources below and the vendor's advisory.

## Latest updates

- 2025-09-22: CVE-2025-59532: Codex CLI is a coding agent from OpenAI that runs locally. (https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59532)
- 2025-09-19: CVE-2025-59532: Codex has sandbox bypass due to bug in path configuration logic (https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w5fx-fh39-j5rw)

## Sources

- 2025-09-19 GitHub Advisory Database: CVE-2025-59532: Codex has sandbox bypass due to bug in path configuration logic https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w5fx-fh39-j5rw
- 2025-09-22 NVD: CVE-2025-59532: Codex CLI is a coding agent from OpenAI that runs locally. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59532

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