Unauthorised file scans
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Description
What version of Codex CLI is running?
0.151
What subscription do you have?
Unauthorizated creating windows full profiles and reading secretly private information
Which model were you using?
GPT 5.2-codex
What platform is your computer?
Windows 10 X64
What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?
Powershell,CMD,python, Vs, NodeJs,
Codex doctor report
already delted it
What issue are you seeing?
I was running it it in cli when suddenly the AI told me exactly waht kind of BIOS i had, what version how old, from what year my laptop was and more information. After that he scanned all my chrome private files, i found ales toe the two accounts, i asked him to give me the passowrds, he said he couldnt but after a quick look ik can easily decompress them, so also lying to protect itself. I gave him NO acces to the whole computer but contained to 1 folder but still he totally ignored it. The Ai even sais that he didnt do nothing wrong becuase tis public information.............
Also using default profile and hiding it is not ethical and you should inform users better how your aii models are performing. i added my last conversation with the lm agent. you can find if
What steps can reproduce the bug?
See othe reports sabout this
What is the expected behavior?
The AI shouldnt run under te hood commands there is nogpermission gave for, also not telling the truth about it want asking makes it forse. I takes me alot of time to delete all teh shit like the cua driver, the acconts your made, profiles everything.
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Research direction
Review the attached codex_log_chat.txt and the report details for Codex CLI 0.151 on Windows 10. Attempt to reproduce the alleged file scans with access limited to one folder, then document whether commands or private files were accessed without permission and what evidence confirms the result.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- cli, operating-systems, security
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100