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SCA: security update for @openai/codex (GHSA-w5fx-fh39-j5rw)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 435377

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Codex CLI is a coding agent from OpenAI that runs locally. In versions 0.2.0 to 0.38.0, 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. This issue has
 been patched 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. If using the Codex IDE extension, users should
 immediately update to 0.4.12 for a fix of the sandbox issue. (CVE-2025-59532)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w5fx-fh39-j5rw

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 435377

Version: Revision 1.13

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 9/19/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 94.16

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:P/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-59532

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.9

Temporal Score: 8.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Threat Score: 6.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/19/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/19/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-59532

cwe: CWE-20