What is CVE-2025-54558?

CVE-2025-54558 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openai Codex Cli, classified under Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere. CVSS score: 4.1/10. Published 2025-07-25.

How severe is CVE-2025-54558?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Openai Codex Cli

CVE-2025-54558

OpenAI Codex CLI before 0.9.0 auto-approves ripgrep (aka rg) execution even with the --pre or --hostname-bin or --search-zip or -z flag.

EPSS: 0.002 (8.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Openai Codex Cli — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-829 — Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere

References

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-54558?: CVE-2025-54558 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openai Codex Cli, classified under Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere. CVSS score: 4.1/10. Published 2025-07-25.
How severe is CVE-2025-54558?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.1 out of 10.