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CVE-2025-55345 (GCVE-0-2025-55345)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-13 08:55 – Updated: 2025-08-13 19:58
VLAI
Title
Unsafe symlink following in restricted workspace-write sandbox leads to RCE
Summary
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.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-08-13 17:55 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-61 - UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Affected: 0 , < 0.12.0 (semver)
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