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CVE-2026-110930

Command Injection in Codex Desktop for Windows via project paths

CVSS 3.1
8.0 high
EPSS
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Published
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Modified
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Codex Desktop for Windows fails to validate quotation marks in project paths from Windows Explorer. Selecting "Open project in ChatGPT" on an attacker-controlled library item can embed startup arguments. This runs attacker-controlled code under the current Windows user's permissions before sign-in or trust approval. Affected are Codex Desktop for Windows users.

What to do: Apply Codex Desktop for Windows update for CVE-2026-110930

ProductAffected
Codex Desktop for Windows—
Estimated exposure
largeNo basis for an estimate.

Order-of-magnitude estimate by the model from install counts, market share and public scan data it knows; verify before quoting.

Description · NVD

Codex Desktop for Windows does not correctly check quotation marks in project paths from Windows Explorer. If a user selects "Open project in ChatGPT" for an attacker-controlled library's child item, the path can add application startup arguments. These arguments can run attacker-controlled code with the current Windows user's permissions before sign-in or project trust approval.

Weakness
CWE-88
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (—)

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