Grades are a hygiene check, not a security guarantee.

Codex, Plugin

Codex Run Budget

Shared token guardrails and local usage visibility for Codex Tasks and subagents.

Compatibility: Not stated.

Grade B

Minor issues only, no Medium or High. Worth a quick look at the findings below before installing.

Graded by PlugVetRubric v2

Not a guarantee. A hygiene check of the source at the commit shown, not a security audit.

Rescanned at commit 5660928f8910.

PERMISSION_DELETE_FILES NETWORK_NO_FIXED_HOST SECRETS_PATH_DOTENV OBFUSCATION_ENCODED_BLOB

Why this grade

  • PERMISSION_DELETE_FILES Low

    Contains a call that can delete files.

    plugins/codex-run-budget/lib/codex_run_budget/exec_activity_cli.py, line 122 process = subprocess.Popen(command, cwd=project, env=env, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)

  • NETWORK_NO_FIXED_HOST Low

    Makes a network call whose host is not written as a fixed address.

    plugins/codex-run-budget/lib/codex_run_budget/update_notice.py, line 94 with urllib.request.urlopen(request, timeout=0.8, context=context) as response:

  • SECRETS_PATH_DOTENV Low

    Mentions a .env file.

    scripts/check_sensitive_data.py, line 218 r"(?i)^(?:\.env(?:\..*)?|.*\.(?:pem|key|p12|pfx|kdbx|sqlite|sqlite3|db|dump|bak|"

  • OBFUSCATION_ENCODED_BLOB Low

    Contains a long base64 shaped string in a file that should be readable.

    plugins/codex-run-budget/hooks/hooks.json, line 9 "command": "python3 -I -c 'import base64,json\ns=base64.b64decode('\"'\"'IiIiU3RhYmxlIHB1Ymxpc2hlci10cnVzdCBlbnRyeSBwb2ludC4gRW1iZWRkZWQgc291cmNlICsgcHVibGljIGtleSByZXF1aXJlIHRydXN

Any High, or two or more Medium findings, give D. One Medium gives C. Low findings or a security Note give B. Each code names a finding behind the letter.

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What was checked

Plain notes from the hygiene checks.

  • Permissions

    Concern

    can delete files.

    PERMISSION_DELETE_FILES

    plugins/codex-run-budget/lib/codex_run_budget/exec_activity_cli.py, line 122

    process = subprocess.Popen(command, cwd=project, env=env, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)

    plugins/codex-run-budget/lib/codex_run_budget/meter_source.py, line 147

    def _open_process(codex_binary: str, codex_home: Path | None) -> subprocess.Popen:

    plugins/codex-run-budget/lib/codex_run_budget/meter_source.py, line 157

    return subprocess.Popen(

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    plugins/codex-run-budget/lib/codex_run_budget/meter_source.py, line 174

    def __init__(self, process: subprocess.Popen) -> None:

    plugins/codex-run-budget/lib/codex_run_budget/meter_source.py, line 416

    def _close_process(process: subprocess.Popen | None) -> None:

    plugins/codex-run-budget/lib/codex_run_budget/meter_source.py, line 493

    process: subprocess.Popen | None = None

    plugins/codex-run-budget/lib/codex_run_budget/paired_review.py, line 35

    result = subprocess.run(command, capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=timeout,

    plugins/codex-run-budget/lib/codex_run_budget/paired_review.py, line 266

    subprocess.run(["osascript", "-e", script, "Codex paired review",

    scripts/update_plugin.py, line 203

    shutil.rmtree(staged_version)

  • Install and update

    Pass

    No install-time script found, and dependencies are pinned or absent.

  • Network

    Concern

    can reach a host that is not written as a fixed address.

    NETWORK_NO_FIXED_HOST

    plugins/codex-run-budget/lib/codex_run_budget/update_notice.py, line 94

    with urllib.request.urlopen(request, timeout=0.8, context=context) as response:

    plugins/codex-run-budget/scripts/publisher_bootstrap.py, line 130

    def fetch(url, limit):

    plugins/codex-run-budget/scripts/publisher_bootstrap.py, line 137

    with urllib.request.urlopen(request, timeout=4, context=context) as response:

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    plugins/codex-run-budget/hooks/hooks.json, line 27

    "command": "python3 -I -c '\"\"\"Standalone, read-only update/trust sentinel, embedded verbatim in its hook.\n\nKeep this command stable across releases. Never import or execute pl

  • Secrets

    Concern

    reads a credential or environment file.

    SECRETS_PATH_DOTENV

    scripts/check_sensitive_data.py, line 218

    r"(?i)^(?:\.env(?:\..*)?|.*\.(?:pem|key|p12|pfx|kdbx|sqlite|sqlite3|db|dump|bak|"

    scripts/check_sensitive_data.py, line 273

    return bool(_LOCAL_SENSITIVE_NAME.fullmatch(basename)) and basename != ".env.example"

    .gitignore, line 14

    .env

  • Agent instructions

    Pass

    No instruction to ignore earlier instructions or to hide a step.

  • Obfuscation

    Concern

    contains an encoded blob in a file that should be readable.

    OBFUSCATION_ENCODED_BLOB

    plugins/codex-run-budget/hooks/hooks.json, line 9

    "command": "python3 -I -c 'import base64,json\ns=base64.b64decode('\"'\"'IiIiU3RhYmxlIHB1Ymxpc2hlci10cnVzdCBlbnRyeSBwb2ludC4gRW1iZWRkZWQgc291cmNlICsgcHVibGljIGtleSByZXF1aXJlIHRydXN

    plugins/codex-run-budget/hooks/hooks.json, line 21

    "command": "python3 -I -c 'import base64,json\ns=base64.b64decode('\"'\"'IiIiU3RhYmxlIHB1Ymxpc2hlci10cnVzdCBlbnRyeSBwb2ludC4gRW1iZWRkZWQgc291cmNlICsgcHVibGljIGtleSByZXF1aXJlIHRydXN

    plugins/codex-run-budget/hooks/hooks.json, line 39

    "command": "python3 -I -c 'import base64,json\ns=base64.b64decode('\"'\"'IiIiU3RhYmxlIHB1Ymxpc2hlci10cnVzdCBlbnRyeSBwb2ludC4gRW1iZWRkZWQgc291cmNlICsgcHVibGljIGtleSByZXF1aXJlIHRydXN

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    plugins/codex-run-budget/hooks/hooks.json, line 52

    "command": "python3 -I -c 'import base64,json\ns=base64.b64decode('\"'\"'IiIiU3RhYmxlIHB1Ymxpc2hlci10cnVzdCBlbnRyeSBwb2ludC4gRW1iZWRkZWQgc291cmNlICsgcHVibGljIGtleSByZXF1aXJlIHRydXN

    plugins/codex-run-budget/hooks/hooks.json, line 65

    "command": "python3 -I -c 'import base64,json\ns=base64.b64decode('\"'\"'IiIiU3RhYmxlIHB1Ymxpc2hlci10cnVzdCBlbnRyeSBwb2ludC4gRW1iZWRkZWQgc291cmNlICsgcHVibGljIGtleSByZXF1aXJlIHRydXN

    plugins/codex-run-budget/hooks/hooks.json, line 77

    "command": "python3 -I -c 'import base64,json\ns=base64.b64decode('\"'\"'IiIiU3RhYmxlIHB1Ymxpc2hlci10cnVzdCBlbnRyeSBwb2ludC4gRW1iZWRkZWQgc291cmNlICsgcHVibGljIGtleSByZXF1aXJlIHRydXN

    plugins/codex-run-budget/hooks/hooks.json, line 89

    "command": "python3 -I -c 'import base64,json\ns=base64.b64decode('\"'\"'IiIiU3RhYmxlIHB1Ymxpc2hlci10cnVzdCBlbnRyeSBwb2ludC4gRW1iZWRkZWQgc291cmNlICsgcHVibGljIGtleSByZXF1aXJlIHRydXN

    plugins/codex-run-budget/hooks/hooks.json, line 101

    "command": "python3 -I -c 'import base64,json\ns=base64.b64decode('\"'\"'IiIiU3RhYmxlIHB1Ymxpc2hlci10cnVzdCBlbnRyeSBwb2ludC4gRW1iZWRkZWQgc291cmNlICsgcHVibGljIGtleSByZXF1aXJlIHRydXN

  • Licence

    Pass

    A licence file is present (LICENSE).

  • Maintainer activity

    Pass

    The latest commit is within the last 365 days.

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Note

Hygiene check of commit 5660928f8910. can delete files. can reach a host that is not written as a fixed address. reads a credential or environment file. contains an encoded blob in a file that should be readable.

Date and source

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Commit graded: 5660928f8910cc8523fec003e1dac3e0606ce2b6

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