Codex Dev
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Risk Score
4.81
Risk Level:
Medium
Recommendation:
🟡 MEDIUM RISK — review
Top Risks
- debugger + <all_urls> + scripting: full page/traffic control on every site; takeover value is high.
- Anonymous solo dev (gmail, no name, no site, unverified): no accountability for powerful access.
- 6 innerHTML DOM-XSS sinks with no CSP, incl. ai-panel.js rendering remote AI content.
- Install URL hijack flag (onInstalled opens external URL) with null target.
- 12+ external hosts incl. CDN and Vercel backend; broad runtime network surface.
Evidence
- high_perms manifest debugger, scripting, tabs, downloads, declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess, webNavigation.
- broad_hosts manifest host_permissions and content_scripts both <all_urls>; category-fit discount applied (DevTools).
- dev_identity store gmail dev, empty developer_name, no business site, not verified, not featured.
- install_hijack crx install_url_hijack=true (onInstalled external open), target null.
- code_sinks crx 6x dom_sink_innerhtml_userctrl, 2x debugger_attach, function_constructor (jszip); obfuscation 0.
- csp crx csp_present=false; MV3 default mitigates extension pages but not page-world sinks.
- network_hosts crx 12 external hosts incl cdn.jsdelivr.net, codex-dev-ai.vercel.app; geo count 2; no bad/monetization hits.
- privacy store Policy scoped to extension, collection+3rd-party sharing disclosed, no retention stated.
Permissions Breakdown
- activeTab low User-granted per-tab access on click.
- tabs medium Can enumerate and query open tabs and URLs.
- storage low Local state persistence.
- unlimitedStorage low Expands local storage quota.
- scripting medium Programmatic script injection into pages.
- downloads medium Can trigger file downloads (asset extractor/screenshots).
- declarativeNetRequest medium Can block/modify network requests.
- declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess high Request modification across all hosts with <all_urls>.
- webNavigation medium Observes navigation events and URLs.
- debugger high Full CDP control over tabs: read/modify page content and traffic.
- alarms low Scheduled tasks.
- host_permissions:<all_urls> high Broad host access; justified by dev-toolkit category but wide attack surface.
Pillar Scores
Permissions6.50
Reputation7.50
Network4.00
Webstore2.00
Maintenance0.00
Privacy1.00
Code Quality3.50
CVE Exposure0.00
Bookkeeping
Rubric v3.6
Scored at 2026-10-29 13:05
Listing SHA
806dcc60eb82…
Force block
— not fired
Score recovered
no
Elapsed
—