CVE-2025-61260

CRITICAL

9.8

Description

A vulnerability was identified in OpenAI Codex CLI v0.23.0 and before that enables code execution through malicious MCP (Model Context Protocol) configuration files. The attack is triggered when a user runs the codex command inside a malicious or compromised repository. Codex automatically loads project-local .env and .codex/config.toml files without requiring user confirmation, allowing attackers to embed arbitrary commands that execute immediately.

Details CVE

Score CVSS v3.19.8

SeveriteCRITICAL

Vecteur CVSSCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vecteur d'attaqueNETWORK

ComplexiteLOW

Privileges requisNONE

Interaction utilisateurNONE

Publie4/14/2026

Derniere modification4/17/2026

Sourcenvd

Observations honeypot0

Faiblesses (CWE)

CWE-94

References

http://openai.com(cve@mitre.org)

https://research.checkpoint.com/2025/openai-codex-cli-command-injection-vulnerability/(cve@mitre.org)

https://research.checkpoint.com/2025/openai-codex-cli-command-injection-vulnerability/(134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)

Correlations IOC

Aucune correlation enregistree

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