Caveat verdict
codex-auth
Deprecated OAuth authentication shim for OpenAI Codex with explicit safety guardrails — no remote shell execution, no sudo, writes only to auth profile state files, and prohibits sending tokens to third-party hosts.
⚠ Flagged for review — coarse, uncorroborated signal, not a confirmed exploit. Review the config yourself before installing.
Automated static analysis — not a human review. Caveat flags capabilities, not confirmed intent, and can produce false positives. Disagree with this verdict? Use Dispute below.
Findings (6)
Pipe to bash — executes piped content as shell commands
RISK.md · prose · downgraded · |bash
Pipe to sh — executes piped content as shell commands
RISK.md · prose · downgraded · |sh
References sudo — requests elevated privileges
RISK.md · prose · downgraded · sudo
subprocess execution — runs system commands from Python
scripts/codex_auth.py · prose · downgraded · subprocess.run(
References webhook/callback URL
SKILL.md · prose · downgraded · callback_url
Python urllib.request — network access
scripts/codex_auth.py · prose · downgraded · urllib.request
Why the tier is capped
Execution sink present in raw bytes (Hard Floor: class A/D). Final tier capped at Caution — cannot be lifted by any downgrade, example-payload opt-in, or allowlist.
Permissions & capabilities
No declared permissions — minimal attack surface.
network_in Is this flag fair?
Thanks — recorded.