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Codex Security

OpenAI · 6 March 2026

Codex Security, formerly Aardvark, enters research preview as an application-security agent that validates findings and proposes fixes.

Builds project-specific context to cut false positives; in one case noise fell 84% since initial rollout. Rolling out via Codex web to Enterprise, Business and Edu with a month of free use. A cloud version with Daybreak Blue access followed at DevDay 2026.

Date
Friday, 6 March 2026
Lab
OpenAI
Kind
product
Access
research preview
Price
free for a month at launch

Figures

MeasureValueMeasured by
Noise reduction in one repo since rollout84%
company-reported
company

Sources

  1. openai.com/index/codex-security-now-in-research-preview/
  2. simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/29/openai-devday-2026-live-blog/

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