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CVE-2026-19593: CWE-15: External Control of System or Configuration Setting in OpenAI Codex Desktop

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VulnerabilityCVE-2026-19593cvecve-2026-19593cwe-15
Published: 09/01/2026 (09/01/2026, 17:10:24 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: OpenAI
Product: Codex Desktop

Description

OpenAI Codex Desktop for Windows and macOS automatically inspected Git metadata and working-tree status when a user opened a workspace. If the workspace contains a repository with preserved attacker-controlled .git/config, the attr.tree setting and a configured clean or process filter can cause Git to run an attacker-controlled program. The program runs outside Codex's command sandbox with the signed-in user's privileges, without a workspace-trust prompt, command approval, or interaction with a model. The attacker can read, modify, or delete files and access credentials available to that user. Exploitation requires Git to be available on PATH and the user to open the attacker-prepared repository with its local Git configuration intact. An ordinary Git clone does not copy the source repository's .git/config and is not sufficient by itself.

Affected software

Affected versions
=260202.0859

Technical Details

Data Version
5.2
Assigner Short Name
OAI
Date Reserved
2026-08-12T03:54:42.487Z
Cvss Version
null
State
PUBLISHED
Remediation Level
null

Threat ID: 6a9709e5acd9273b49fc60c1

Added to database: 09/01/2026, 17:22:45 UTC

Last updated: 09/02/2026, 01:57:11 UTC

Views: 13

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