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CVE-2025-55345: Unsafe symlink following in restricted workspace-write sandbox leads to RCE

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-08-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-61

Description

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.

References

• https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/1705
• https://research.jfrog.com/vulnerabilities/codex-cli-symlink-arbitrary-file-overwrite-jfsa-2025-001378631/
• https://research.jfrog.com/vulnerabilities/codex-cli-symlink-arbitrary-file-overwrite-jfsa-2025-001378631/

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