CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-14898
The OpenAI Codex desktop app for macOS rendered remote images from Markdown in model responses. An attacker who could place an indirect prompt injection in content processed by Codex, such as a connected-tool result or another untrusted source, could induce the model to construct a remote image URL containing sensitive data. The app automatically fetched that URL when rendering the response, sending the embedded data to an attacker-controlled server without a separate user click. Successful expl
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"product":"Codex desktop app for macOS","vendor":"OpenAI","versions":[{"lessThan":"26.527.31326","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"custom"}]}
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Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"NONE","baseScore":6.5,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"NONE","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"REQUIRED","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:bf5761c7737d35a48da01cca52e2ced51d037d742d8efcc707f2116366f4ccd0 · sha256:b0ccb81cdad8f5a9… · /containers/adp/0/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-200","description":"Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor","lang":"en"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:bf5761c7737d35a48da01cca52e2ced51d037d742d8efcc707f2116366f4ccd0 · sha256:b0ccb81cdad8f5a9… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
1 source assertion{"url":"https://openai.com/codex/"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:bf5761c7737d35a48da01cca52e2ced51d037d742d8efcc707f2116366f4ccd0 · sha256:b0ccb81cdad8f5a9… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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