codex-security — security grade SAFE, quality 67/100

Security audit verdict: SAFE · quality 67/100

No red flags found in any of the 11 categories — no credential harvesting, no data exfiltration, no curl-pipe-shell installer. Scanned against the SlowMist agent-security taxonomy, refreshed every 8 hours. Full audit →

by openai · Codex Skill · ★ 10.0k

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About codex-security

Codex Security is a CLI and TypeScript SDK for finding, validating, and fixing security vulnerabilities in your code. See the Codex Security documentation for more details. Note: for best results, we recommend that your account is verified for Trusted Access. Quick start Requires Node.js 22.13.0 or later in the 22.x release line, Node.js 24.x, or Node.js 26.x; Python 3.10 or later; and access to Codex Security. For CI, set or instead of signing in. Environment API keys are passed directly to the current scan and are never stored in Codex's credential home or system keyring. Local sign-in honors Codex's configured credential backend, including a system keyring required by a managed device. Codex Security keeps login and scan credentials in the same private, persistent state directory. If both a ChatGPT sign-in and an API key are available, interactive scans ask which credential to use. CI and other noninteractive scans keep the existing API-key precedence. Select a credential explicitly when needed: To make your ChatGPT sign-in the aut

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Quick Facts

Stars9,967
Forks704
LanguageTypeScript
CategoryCodex Skill
LicenseApache-2.0
Quality Score66.8550750017929/100
Open Issues192
Last Updated2026-08-19
Created2026-07-13
Platformscli, codex, node
Est. Tokens~14k

Compatible Skills

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  • mcp-for-security — semantic(0.41)+complementary+same_lang+similar_pop+shared_platform (64%)
  • openai-assistant-swarm — semantic(0.16)+complementary+shared_fw(openai)+same_lang+similar_pop+shared_platform (63%)
  • shellward — semantic(0.33)+complementary+shared_fw(openai)+same_lang+shared_platform (59%)

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is codex-security?

codex-security is OpenAI's Codex Security CLI and TypeScript SDK for finding, validating, and fixing security vulnerabilities. npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@openai/codex-security. It is categorized as a Codex Skill with 10.0k GitHub stars.

What programming language is codex-security written in?

codex-security is primarily written in TypeScript. It covers topics such as ai-security, application-security, cli.

How do I install or use codex-security?

You can find installation instructions and usage details in the codex-security GitHub repository at github.com/openai/codex-security. The project has 10.0k stars and 704 forks, indicating an active community.

What license does codex-security use?

codex-security is released under the Apache-2.0 license, making it free to use and modify according to the license terms.

What are the best alternatives to codex-security?

The top alternatives to codex-security on Agent Skills Hub include zcf, repomix, Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills. Each offers a different approach to the same problem space — compare them side-by-side by stars, quality score, and community activity.

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