CVE•Published 2026-04-14•Modified 2026-07-05•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2025-61260
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
93
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 7% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
A vulnerability was identified in OpenAI Codex CLI v0.23.0 and before that enables code execution through malicious MCP (Model Context Protocol) configuration files. The attack is triggered when a user runs the codex command inside a malicious or compromised repository. Codex automatically loads project-local .env and .codex/config.toml files without requiring user confirmation, allowing attackers to embed arbitrary commands that execute immediately.
Timeline
Published 2026-04-14
Modified 2026-07-05
External references
Search for exposed instances
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More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2025-61260Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2025-61260Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
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CVE-2025-61260Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
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Google dork
"CVE-2025-61260" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2025-61260 on GitHub.