codex-cli
Warn
Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Oct 6, 2026
Risk Level: MEDIUMCOMMAND_EXECUTIONPRIVILEGE_ESCALATIONEXTERNAL_DOWNLOADSINDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION
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- [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The skill provides patterns for delegating complex tasks to a CLI tool that executes shell commands and modifies the local file system.
- Evidence: Examples using
codex execto perform refactoring, dependency updates, and feature implementation directly in the workspace. - [PRIVILEGE_ESCALATION]: The skill contains specific instructions on how to disable safety guardrails and request maximum system access, reducing the human-in-the-loop oversight.
- Evidence: Instructions for using the
-a neverflag to skip all manual approvals during code execution. - Evidence: Documentation and suggested usage of the
-s danger-full-accesssandbox policy to bypass default read-only or restricted-write protections. - Evidence: Promotion of
--full-automode which combines automated workspace writes with minimal request approvals. - [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: The skill fetches a CLI tool from a scoped package registry belonging to a well-known service.
- Evidence: Installation via
npm i -g @openai/codextargets a package within the official scope of a trusted organization. - [INDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION]: The skill defines a workflow where the agent processes project files and task lists that may contain malicious instructions designed to exploit the agent's autonomous execution capabilities.
- Ingestion points: Reads from project directories and specific files like
TODO.mdas demonstrated in the execution patterns inSKILL.md. - Boundary markers: No delimiters or explicit warnings are provided to help the agent distinguish between the developer's instructions and potentially malicious content within project files.
- Capability inventory: The skill enables shell command execution (
codex exec) and local file system writes (workspace-writepolicy) as described across all usage examples. - Sanitization: No evidence of input validation, escaping, or filtering of external file content before it is processed by the coding tool.
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