Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessGain AitM position on victim network
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DeliveryWait for CodexBar Amp/Ollama refresh
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ExploitInduce or observe provider HTTP redirect to cleartext target
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ExecutionClient reattaches imported cookie over HTTP
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PersistCapture cleartext cookie off the wire
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ImpactReplay cookie to provider as victim
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A04:2025 - Cryptographic Failures
ASVS 5.0
V12 - Secure Communication Transport encryption
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| Exploitation Conditions | Attacker must hold an adversary-in-the-middle position on the network path between the victim's macOS host running CodexBar < 0.32.0 and the Amp or Ollama provider endpoint (e.g., shared/hostile Wi-Fi, compromised router, or control over a redirect target inside the provider domain). The victim must have imported browser session cookies for an affected provider (Amp or Ollama) into CodexBar, and the provider must issue - or be coerced into issuing - an HTTP 3xx redirect pointing to a cleartext http:// URL within the same provider domain so the client reattaches cookies on the cleartext leg. Exploitation is limited to those two provider integrations; other CodexBar providers and deployments that never traverse a hostile network segment are not exposed. No user interaction beyond normal app usage is required (UI:N), and no authentication to CodexBar itself is required (PR:N), but AT:P captures the requirement for the in-path position plus the cleartext redirect condition. |
| Impact | CVSS 4.0 vector AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N scores 8.2 and reflects a network-reachable, unauthenticated, no-user-interaction confidentiality-only impact, but with AT:P indicating special attack requirements - specifically that the attacker must be positioned on the network path between the victim and the provider AND that a provider redirect into a cleartext HTTP target must occur. EPSS, KEV, and POC status are not provided in the source data; the CVE is not in CISA KEV and no public exploit identified at time of analysis, which lowers urgency relative to the raw 8.2. The realistic risk is moderate: exploitation requires an adversary-in-the-middle position (hostile Wi-Fi, compromised upstream network, or attacker control over a redirect target inside the provider domain), so this is a targeted-opportunity bug rather than a mass-exploitable one, but the captured material is a live provider session cookie with high reuse value. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A user on a coffee-shop Wi-Fi launches CodexBar, which refreshes its Amp or Ollama provider status using imported browser session cookies; an attacker on the same LAN intercepts or induces a provider response that 302-redirects to an http:// URL on the provider's own domain, and CodexBar follows the redirect with the session cookie attached in cleartext. The attacker captures the cookie off the wire and replays it to impersonate the user against the provider. No public exploit identified at time of analysis. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Jun 01, 2026
Cleartext session cookie exposure in CodexBar (a macOS menu bar AI provider client) prior to 0.32.0 allows network-positioned attackers to intercept imported browser session cookies for Amp and Ollama providers. The client failed to enforce HTTPS before reattaching imported cookies when a provider-controlled redirect pointed to a cleartext HTTP endpoint inside the same provider domain, leaking authentication material in plaintext. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the issue is not listed in CISA KEV.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: CodexBar 0.32.0 - upgrade immediately via the release at https://github.com/steipete/CodexBar/releases/tag/v0.32.0 (fix is PR #1226, commit cdd7e347c1cf616615f18aa2ac52ba2ec9cab332). Until upgraded, do not run vulnerable CodexBar builds on untrusted networks (hostile Wi-Fi, captive portals, shared hotel/conference networks) where an AitM can downgrade redirects, and consider disabling the Amp and Ollama provider integrations in CodexBar's Providers pane so imported cookies for those providers are not held in the client; trade-off is loss of status and usage data for those providers. Rotating Amp and Ollama browser sessions after upgrade is advisable because cookies that may have already been leaked remain valid until invalidated provider-side.
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Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
CodexBar is a macOS menu bar utility (CPE cpe:2.3:a:steipete:codexbar) that aggregates status and usage data from multiple AI/code providers, importing browser session cookies to authenticate against those providers' web endpoints. The root cause is CWE-319 (Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information): when a provider issued an HTTP 3xx response pointing to an http:// URL within the same provider domain, the client reattached the imported session cookies and followed the redirect without enforcing a TLS scheme check. The fix in PR #1226 / commit cdd7e34 explicitly requires the redirect target scheme to be HTTPS before reattaching cookies on Amp and Ollama provider redirects.
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
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2DescriptionCVE.org
CodexBar prior to 0.32.0 contains a session cookie leakage vulnerability that allows network attackers to intercept imported browser session cookies by exploiting improper redirect handling for Amp and Ollama provider sessions. Attackers can position themselves on the network path to receive cleartext HTTP requests carrying imported session cookies when a provider-controlled redirect target issues a redirect to a cleartext HTTP endpoint within the same provider domain.
Executive ViewAI
CodexBar, a macOS menu bar client for AI provider integration, contains a session credential exposure vulnerability (CVSS 8.2) allowing network-positioned attackers to steal authentication cookies for Amp and Ollama provider integrations. Compromise of these credentials enables unauthorized API access and potential exploitation of integrated services. Organizations using CodexBar for production integrations require immediate patching to prevent credential theft and unauthorized API usage.
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Attack Technique
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
Local privilege escalation in CodexBar prior to 0.32.0 allows a same-user attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root
Local privilege-level information disclosure and artifact tampering in CodexBar versions prior to 0.32.0 allows authenti
Credential interception in CodexBar before 0.33.0 exposes API keys, bearer tokens, and browser cookies to network-adjace
EUVD-2026-33748
GHSA-x92v-hcjq-jcx7
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