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Codex Security Scans 1.2M Commits — 10,561 High-Severity Issues

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OpenAI launched Codex Security in research preview — an AI security agent that builds project context, generates editable threat models, identifies vulnerabilities, and validates findings in sandboxes. In 30 days: 792 critical and 10,561 high-severity issues found, false positive rates dropped 50%+. Free for Pro/Enterprise users for the first month. OpenAI

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