security.md Codex Docs, 2026-02-19 20:37 UTC → 2026-02-19 20:53 UTC

1# Codex Security1# Codex Security

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3How to securely operate and manage Codex agents

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5Codex helps protect your code and data and reduces the risk of misuse.3Codex helps protect your code and data and reduces the risk of misuse.

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7By default, the agent runs with network access turned off. Locally, Codex uses an OS-enforced sandbox that limits what it can touch (typically to the current workspace), plus an approval policy that controls when it must stop and ask you before acting.5By default, the agent runs with network access turned off. Locally, Codex uses an OS-enforced sandbox that limits what it can touch (typically to the current workspace), plus an approval policy that controls when it must stop and ask you before acting.