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@openai/codex: vulnerability history, versions and safety

@openai/codex is a package in the npm ecosystem. Vulert records 2 vulnerabilities for it across 120 releases, from Sep 2025 to Apr 2026. Each vulnerability names the versions it affects, the fixed version to move to, and a workaround where no fix has been published.

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2 vulnerabilities recorded C1 H1
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1 with no fix published

No patched version yet — these are the ones to plan around.

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1 in the last 12 months

Most recent disclosure 14 Apr 2026.

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0 malicious-package vulnerabilities

No published version shipped hostile code.

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Vulert verdict on @openai/codex 0.164.0 i

Updated on 23 Oct 2026

Careful: 0.164.0 has 1 known vulnerability, and 1 has no fix yet. Use an earlier safe version, or the workaround listed for each one.

Package health score 60/100
  • Security Some issues to review
  • Maintenance Sustainable
  • Popularity Key ecosystem project
  • Community Moderate

The current release has a vulnerability with no published fix, which caps this score.

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  • Current release 0.164.0 — affected i
  • Vulnerabilities on record 2 over 1 year · 1 in the last year i
  • Latest disclosure 14 Apr 2026 i
  • Highest CVSS 9.8 i
  • With no published fix 1 i
  • Stars 129,490 i
  • OpenSSF scorecard 6/10 i
  • Last release this month i
  • Licence Apache-2.0 i

Version list, release dates, licence and dependants published by the npm registry, refreshed 23 Oct 2026. Licence information is not legal advice.

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01 Versions

Which versions are affected

Every version Vulert tracks for @openai/codex, newest first, with the vulnerabilities recorded against each one. A version showing none has no vulnerability in the Vulert database — open it for the full picture on that release.

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Version Released Vulert vulnerabilities Licence Fix published Details
0.164.0-darwin-arm64 23 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-win32-arm64 23 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-win32-x64 23 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-darwin-x64 23 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-linux-arm64 23 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-linux-x64 23 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0 23 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.11.1-win32-arm64 23 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.11.1-darwin-arm64 23 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.11.1-win32-x64 23 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.11.1-darwin-x64 23 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.11.1 23 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.11.1-linux-arm64 23 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.11.1-linux-x64 23 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.12-win32-x64 22 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.12-darwin-arm64 22 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.12-darwin-x64 22 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.12-win32-arm64 22 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.12-linux-x64 22 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.12-linux-arm64 22 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.12 22 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.163.0-alpha.11.2-win32-arm64 22 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.163.0-alpha.11.2-win32-x64 22 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.163.0-alpha.11.2 22 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.163.0-alpha.11.2-darwin-arm64 22 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.163.0-alpha.11.2-linux-arm64 22 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.163.0-alpha.11.2-darwin-x64 22 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.163.0-alpha.11.2-linux-x64 22 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.11-win32-x64 22 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.11-darwin-x64 22 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.11-win32-arm64 22 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.11-darwin-arm64 22 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.11 22 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.11-linux-arm64 22 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.11-linux-x64 22 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.10-linux-arm64 22 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.10-win32-arm64 22 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.10-darwin-arm64 22 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.10-win32-x64 22 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.10-linux-x64 22 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.10-darwin-x64 22 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.10 22 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.163.0-alpha.11.1-win32-x64 21 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.163.0-alpha.11.1-win32-arm64 21 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.163.0-alpha.11.1-darwin-x64 21 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.163.0-alpha.11.1-darwin-arm64 21 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.163.0-alpha.11.1-linux-arm64 21 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.163.0-alpha.11.1 21 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.163.0-alpha.11.1-linux-x64 21 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.9-darwin-arm64 21 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.9-linux-x64 21 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.9-win32-arm64 21 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.9-win32-x64 21 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.9-darwin-x64 21 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.9-linux-arm64 21 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.9 21 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.8-win32-x64 20 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.8-win32-arm64 20 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.8-darwin-arm64 20 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.8-linux-arm64 20 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.8-darwin-x64 20 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.8-linux-x64 20 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.8 20 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.7-linux-arm64 20 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.7-darwin-x64 20 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.7-win32-x64 20 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.7-win32-arm64 20 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.7-darwin-arm64 20 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.7 20 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.7-linux-x64 20 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.6-win32-arm64 19 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.6-linux-arm64 19 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.6-win32-x64 19 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.6-darwin-x64 19 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.6-darwin-arm64 19 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.6 19 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.6-linux-x64 19 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.5-win32-arm64 19 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.5-win32-x64 19 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.5-darwin-arm64 19 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.5-linux-arm64 19 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.5-darwin-x64 19 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.5 19 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.5-linux-x64 19 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.4-linux-arm64 19 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.4-win32-arm64 19 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.4-darwin-arm64 19 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.4 19 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.4-win32-x64 19 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.4-linux-x64 19 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.4-darwin-x64 19 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.3-win32-x64 17 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.3-linux-arm64 17 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.3-win32-arm64 17 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.3-darwin-arm64 17 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.3-darwin-x64 17 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.3 17 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.3-linux-x64 17 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.1-win32-arm64 16 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.1 16 Oct 2026 C1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.1-win32-x64 16 Oct 2026 C1 — No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.1-darwin-x64 16 Oct 2026 C1 — No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.1-darwin-arm64 16 Oct 2026 C1 — No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.1-linux-arm64 16 Oct 2026 C1 — No Details →
0.164.0-alpha.1-linux-x64 16 Oct 2026 C1 — No Details →
0.163.0-darwin-arm64 15 Oct 2026 C1 — No Details →
0.163.0-win32-x64 15 Oct 2026 C1 — No Details →
0.163.0-win32-arm64 15 Oct 2026 C1 — No Details →
0.163.0 15 Oct 2026 C1 — No Details →
0.163.0-linux-arm64 15 Oct 2026 C1 — No Details →
0.163.0-darwin-x64 15 Oct 2026 C1 — No Details →
0.163.0-linux-x64 15 Oct 2026 C1 — No Details →
0.163.0-alpha.10.2-linux-arm64 15 Oct 2026 C1 — No Details →
0.163.0-alpha.10.2-win32-x64 15 Oct 2026 C1 — No Details →
0.163.0-alpha.10.2-darwin-x64 15 Oct 2026 C1 — No Details →
0.163.0-alpha.10.2-darwin-arm64 15 Oct 2026 C1 — No Details →
0.163.0-alpha.10.2-linux-x64 15 Oct 2026 C1 — No Details →
0.163.0-alpha.10.2-win32-arm64 15 Oct 2026 C1 — No Details →
0.163.0-alpha.10.2 15 Oct 2026 C1 — No Details →
0.163.0-alpha.10.1-darwin-x64 14 Oct 2026 C1 — No Details →

The newest 120 of 5,590 versions Vulert tracks. Severity counts are the vulnerabilities recorded against that exact release.

02 Disclosure history

How often vulnerabilities are recorded

  • 2025 1
  • 2026 1

Counted by the year Vulert recorded each vulnerability — the same date the table below shows as disclosed. 1 of the 2 were recorded in the last 12 months.

03 Vulnerabilities

Recorded vulnerabilities for @openai/codex

The 2 most severe of 2 vulnerabilities recorded for this package

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Vulnerability Severity Fixed version ↓ Disclosed ↓
CVE-2025-61260: OpenAI Codex CLI Code Execution Vulnerability via Malicious MCP Configuration Files 9.8 critical No fix published 14 Apr 2026
Sandbox Bypass Vulnerability in @openai/codex: Arbitrary File Write and Command Execution Risk 8.6 high 0.39.0 19 Sep 2025

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Questions

About @openai/codex

Is @openai/codex safe to use?

Vulert records 2 vulnerabilities for @openai/codex in npm: 1 critical, 1 high, 0 medium and 0 low. 1 of them has no published fix yet, so that is the one to avoid or mitigate.

What is @openai/codex's Vulert package health score?

Vulert scores @openai/codex 60/100, which reads as usable, but worth attention. The score weighs the vulnerability record (40), maintenance and release cadence (25), adoption from dependents and stars (20) and community signals such as the OpenSSF scorecard and forks (15). The current release has a vulnerability with no published fix, which caps this score.

Is the latest version of @openai/codex affected?

Yes. 0.164.0, the version you would install today, has 1 known vulnerability, and 1 has no published fix yet. Use an earlier unaffected release, or the workaround each vulnerability lists.

How many vulnerabilities does @openai/codex have?

2 vulnerabilities are recorded for @openai/codex in the npm ecosystem: 1 critical, 1 high, 0 medium and 0 low. The ledger on this page lists the same counts next to the date of the most recent disclosure.

How often are new @openai/codex vulnerabilities disclosed?

1 vulnerability was recorded for @openai/codex in the last 12 months, and the oldest entry in this database dates to 19 Sep 2025. Recency matters more than a lifetime total: it shows how actively new issues are being disclosed for the package you are considering.

Which versions of @openai/codex are affected?

Each vulnerability on this page lists the affected version range and the fixed version to move to. Open the vulnerability for the version you actually run — fixes are specific to a release line, not to the package as a whole.

How do I monitor @openai/codex for upcoming vulnerabilities?

Upload the manifest or SBOM for your application at vulert.com/scanner and Vulert keeps checking the @openai/codex version you actually run against new disclosures, then alerts you when one affects it. There is no installation and no source-code access required.