False positive - cybersecurity block

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#33,962 opened on Jul 18, 2026 1 comment 2 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

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Assessment

Difficulty: 3/5
Estimated time: 1-2 days
Newbie friendliness: 35/100

Issue type: Bug
Clarity: Needs clarification
Activity status: Quiet
Tech stack: rust
Domain: cli, security

Research direction

The issue names no source file, entry point, or test. First obtain a reproducible example of the reported cybersecurity block, then locate the safety-check path that handles it; done means the legitimate request is accepted without weakening genuine cybersecurity protections, with a regression test covering the case.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Description

bug CLI safety-check

What version of Codex CLI is running?

0.144.5

What subscription do you have?

Pro 20x

Which model were you using?

gpt-5.6-sol-medium

What platform is your computer?

MacOS Tahoe 26.5.2

What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?

rootshell (ipados) → zellij (macos)

Codex doctor report

{
  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "generatedAt": "1784355786s since unix epoch",
  "overallStatus": "ok",
  "codexVersion": "0.144.5",
  "checks": {
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      "id": "app_server.status",
      "category": "app-server",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "background server is not running",
      "details": {
        "control socket": "/Users/agents/.codex/app-server-control/app-server-control.sock",
        "daemon state dir": "/Users/agents/.codex/app-server-daemon",
        "mode": "ephemeral",
        "pid file": "/Users/agents/.codex/app-server-daemon/app-server.pid (missing)",
        "settings": "/Users/agents/.codex/app-server-daemon/settings.json (missing)",
        "status": "not running",
        "update-loop pid file": "/Users/agents/.codex/app-server-daemon/app-server-updater.pid (missing)"
      },
      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 0
    },
    "auth.credentials": {
      "id": "auth.credentials",
      "category": "auth",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "auth is configured",
      "details": {
        "auth file": "/Users/agents/.codex/auth.json",
        "auth storage mode": "File",
        "stored API key": "false",
        "stored ChatGPT tokens": "true",
        "stored agent identity": "false",
        "stored auth mode": "chatgpt"
      },
      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 0
    },
    "config.load": {
      "id": "config.load",
      "category": "config",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "config loaded",
      "details": {
        "CODEX_HOME": "/Users/agents/.codex",
        "config.toml": "/Users/agents/.codex/config.toml",
        "config.toml parse": "ok",
        "cwd": "/Users/agents",
        "enabled feature flags": "shell_tool, unified_exec, shell_snapshot, code_mode_host, terminal_resize_reflow, sqlite, hooks, enable_request_compression, multi_agent, apps, tool_search_always_defer_mcp_tools, tool_suggest, plugins, in_app_browser, browser_use, browser_use_full_cdp_access, browser_use_external, computer_use, remote_plugin, plugin_sharing, image_generation, resize_all_images, skill_mcp_dependency_install, mentions_v2, steer, guardian_approval, goals, collaboration_modes, tool_call_mcp_elicitation, auth_elicitation, personality, fast_mode, tui_app_server, remote_compaction_v2, workspace_dependencies",
        "feature flag overrides": "none",
        "feature flags enabled": "35",
        "log dir": "/Users/agents/.codex/log",
        "mcp servers": "3",
        "model": "gpt-5.6-sol",
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        "sqlite home": "/Users/agents/.codex"
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      "durationMs": 0
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      "category": "git",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "git version 2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)",
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        "repo detected": "false",
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      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 199
    },
    "installation": {
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      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "installation looks consistent",
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        "managed by bun": "false",
        "managed by npm": "false",
        "managed by pnpm": "false",
        "managed package root": "not set"
      },
      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 26
    },
    "mcp.config": {
      "id": "mcp.config",
      "category": "mcp",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "MCP configuration is locally consistent",
      "details": {
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        "disabled servers": "1",
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      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 0
    },
    "network.env": {
      "id": "network.env",
      "category": "network",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "network-related environment looks readable",
      "details": {
        "proxy env vars": "none"
      },
      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 0
    },
    "network.provider_reachability": {
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      "category": "reachability",
      "status": "ok",
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      },
      "remediation": null,
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    },
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      "category": "websocket",
      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "Responses WebSocket handshake succeeded",
      "details": {
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        "auth mode": "chatgpt",
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        "endpoint": "wss://chatgpt.com/backend-api/<redacted>",
        "handshake result": "HTTP 101 Switching Protocols",
        "model provider": "openai",
        "models etag present": "true",
        "provider name": "OpenAI",
        "proxy env vars": "none",
        "reasoning header": "false",
        "server model present": "false",
        "supports websockets": "true",
        "wire API": "responses"
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    },
    "runtime.provenance": {
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      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "running standalone on macos-aarch64",
      "details": {
        "commit": "unknown",
        "current executable": "/Users/agents/.local/bin/codex",
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      },
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      "durationMs": 0
    },
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      "status": "ok",
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      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 0
    },
    "sandbox.helpers": {
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      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "sandbox configuration is readable",
      "details": {
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        "codex-linux-sandbox helper": "none",
        "execve wrapper helper": "/Users/agents/.codex/tmp/arg0/codex-arg0FaJZHc/codex-execve-wrapper",
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      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 0
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      "details": {
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        "log dir": "/Users/agents/.codex/log (missing)",
        "memories DB": "/Users/agents/.codex/memories_1.sqlite (file)",
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        "sqlite home": "/Users/agents/.codex (dir)",
        "standalone release cache": "4 entries in /Users/agents/.codex/packages/standalone/releases",
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      },
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        "rollout DB archived rows": "0",
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      },
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      "durationMs": 0
    },
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      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "update configuration is locally consistent",
      "details": {
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        "last checked at": "2026-07-17T10:39:12.666611Z",
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      },
      "remediation": null,
      "durationMs": 234
    }
  }
}

What issue are you seeing?

While codex tries to fix a memory leak on my app, on a /goal too, it gets frequently blocked by the false cybersecurity banner.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Uploaded thread: 019f5201-f55c-7ef0-801b-385484baf06f

What is the expected behavior?

It continues to fix the bug which has nothing to do with cybersecurity.

Additional information

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