Vulnerability details

CVE-2026-110930

OpenAI Codex Desktop for Windows
CVSS 3.1
8.0High

Official description

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.

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
8.0High 3.1 CISA ADP / Vulnrichment (CISA-ADP) CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsSource
OpenAI Codex Desktop for Windows 26.820.60940 ≤ v ≤ 26.1002.52244 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
OpenAI Codex Desktop for Windows (Microsoft Store/MSIX package) 26.820.7780.0 ≤ v ≤ 26.1002.7124.0 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

1
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Details

Published
2026-11-05
Last updated
2026-11-05
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
OAI

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.35%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
29.2%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable
No
Exploitation
None
Technical impact
Total

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-88
    Argument Injection