codex-auth

Warn

Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Aug 28, 2026

Risk Level: MEDIUMCOMMAND_EXECUTIONDATA_EXFILTRATIONCREDENTIALS_UNSAFEEXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS
Full Analysis
  • [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The skill frequently encourages the use of the --dangerously-bypass-approvals-and-sandbox flag. This disables essential safety mechanisms and allows the agent to execute code without user oversight or isolation.
  • [DATA_EXFILTRATION]: Instructions demonstrate how to read and extract authentication tokens and API keys using shell commands like pass show, security find-generic-password, and cat ~/.codex/config.toml. While used for authentication, these patterns involve accessing sensitive credentials.
  • [CREDENTIALS_UNSAFE]: The documentation includes multiple examples of hardcoding API keys in configuration files and environment variables, such as export OPENAI_API_KEY="sk-your-api-key-here" and api_key = "sk-your-api-key-here" in ~/.codex/config.toml.
  • [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: The skill instructs the user to install the @openai/codex package globally via npm install -g @openai/codex. While OpenAI is a well-known service, the skill also suggests installing the pass utility from general package registries (apt-get, brew).
Audit Metadata
Risk Level
MEDIUM
Analyzed
Aug 28, 2026, 07:07 PM
Security Audit — agent-trust-hub — codex-auth