codex keeps trying to run powershell command that bitdefender blocks

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Version 26.616.30709 • Released Jun 18, 2026

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What platform is your computer?

Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26200.0 x64

What issue are you seeing?

codex keeps trying to run this command, which bitdefender blocks, and no, i won't allow it because bitdefender can still protect me from dumb stuff ai can do sometimes

1.0\powershell.exe was passed a malicious command line and has been blocked. Your device is now safe.

Command line: "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoProfile -NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -EncodedCommand 
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     } 
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     } 
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 
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 } 
 

utf16-le for

$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
$ProgressPreference = "SilentlyContinue"

$code = @"
using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
public struct SIZE {
public int cx;
public int cy;
public SIZE(int x, int y) { cx = x; cy = y; }
}

[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
public struct BITMAPINFOHEADER {
public uint biSize;
public int biWidth;
public int biHeight;
public ushort biPlanes;
public ushort biBitCount;
public uint biCompression;
public uint biSizeImage;
public int biXPelsPerMeter;
public int biYPelsPerMeter;
public uint biClrUsed;
public uint biClrImportant;
}

[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
public struct BITMAPINFO {
public BITMAPINFOHEADER bmiHeader;
public uint bmiColors;
}

[ComImport]
[InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIUnknown)]
[Guid("bcc18b79-ba16-442f-80c4-8a59c30c463b")]
public interface IShellItemImageFactory {
void GetImage(SIZE size, int flags, out IntPtr phbm);
}

public static class CodexShellIconNative {
const int BI_RGB = 0;
const int DIB_RGB_COLORS = 0;
const int ICON_ONLY = 4;

[DllImport("shell32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode, PreserveSig = false)]
public static extern void SHCreateItemFromParsingName(
string pszPath,
IntPtr pbc,
ref Guid riid,
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Interface)] out IShellItemImageFactory ppv
);

[DllImport("gdi32.dll")]
public static extern bool DeleteObject(IntPtr hObject);

[DllImport("gdi32.dll")]
static extern int GetDIBits(
IntPtr hdc,
IntPtr hbmp,
uint uStartScan,
uint cScanLines,
byte[] lpvBits,
ref BITMAPINFO lpbi,
uint uUsage
);

[DllImport("user32.dll")]
static extern IntPtr GetDC(IntPtr hWnd);

[DllImport("user32.dll")]
static extern int ReleaseDC(IntPtr hWnd, IntPtr hDC);

public static string GetAppsFolderIconDataUrl(string appId) {
Guid iid = new Guid("bcc18b79-ba16-442f-80c4-8a59c30c463b");
IShellItemImageFactory factory;
SHCreateItemFromParsingName("shell:AppsFolder\\" + appId, IntPtr.Zero, ref iid, out factory);

IntPtr hbitmap;
factory.GetImage(new SIZE(32, 32), ICON_ONLY, out hbitmap);
try {
using (var bitmap = BitmapFromHBitmapPreserveAlpha(hbitmap, 32, 32))
using (var stream = new System.IO.MemoryStream()) {
bitmap.Save(stream, System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Png);
return "data:image/png;base64," + Convert.ToBase64String(stream.ToArray());
}
} finally {
DeleteObject(hbitmap);
}
}

static System.Drawing.Bitmap BitmapFromHBitmapPreserveAlpha(IntPtr hbitmap, int width, int height) {
var info = new BITMAPINFO();
info.bmiHeader.biSize = (uint)Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(BITMAPINFOHEADER));
info.bmiHeader.biWidth = width;
info.bmiHeader.biHeight = -height;
info.bmiHeader.biPlanes = 1;
info.bmiHeader.biBitCount = 32;
info.bmiHeader.biCompression = BI_RGB;
info.bmiHeader.biSizeImage = (uint)(width height 4);

byte[] pixels = new byte[width height 4];
IntPtr hdc = GetDC(IntPtr.Zero);
try {
int scanLines = GetDIBits(hdc, hbitmap, 0, (uint)height, pixels, ref info, DIB_RGB_COLORS);
if (scanLines == 0) {
throw new InvalidOperationException("GetDIBits failed.");
}
} finally {
ReleaseDC(IntPtr.Zero, hdc);
}

var bitmap = new System.Drawing.Bitmap(width, height, System.Drawing.Imaging.PixelFormat.Format32bppArgb);
var data = bitmap.LockBits(
new System.Drawing.Rectangle(0, 0, width, height),
System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageLockMode.WriteOnly,
System.Drawing.Imaging.PixelFormat.Format32bppArgb
);
try {
Marshal.Copy(pixels, 0, data.Scan0, pixels.Length);
} finally {
bitmap.UnlockBits(data);
}
return bitmap;
}
}
"@

Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Drawing
if (-not ("CodexShellIconNative" -as [type])) {
Add-Type -TypeDefinition $code -ReferencedAssemblies System.Drawing
}

function Convert-ImageFileToDataUrl([string]$Path) {
if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path -PathType Leaf)) {
return $null
}

$extension = [System.IO.Path]::GetExtension($Path).ToLowerInvariant()
$mimeType = switch ($extension) {
".png" { "image/png" }
".jpg" { "image/jpeg" }
".jpeg" { "image/jpeg" }
".ico" { "image/x-icon" }
".bmp" { "image/bmp" }
default { $null }
}
if ($null -eq $mimeType) {
return $null
}

$bytes = [System.IO.File]::ReadAllBytes($Path)
return "data:$mimeType;base64,$([Convert]::ToBase64String($bytes))"
}

function Convert-ExeIconToDataUrl([string]$Path) {
if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path -PathType Leaf)) {
return $null
}

Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Drawing
$icon = [System.Drawing.Icon]::ExtractAssociatedIcon($Path)
if ($null -eq $icon) {
return $null
}

$bitmap = $null
$stream = New-Object System.IO.MemoryStream
try {
$bitmap = $icon.ToBitmap()
$bitmap.Save($stream, [System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat]::Png)
return "data:image/png;base64,$([Convert]::ToBase64String($stream.ToArray()))"
} finally {
if ($null -ne $bitmap) { $bitmap.Dispose() }
$icon.Dispose()
$stream.Dispose()
}
}

$AppPath = $env:CODEX_NATIVE_DESKTOP_APP_ICON_PATH
if ([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($AppPath)) {
exit 0
}

$trimmedAppPath = $AppPath.Trim()
if (Test-Path -LiteralPath $trimmedAppPath -PathType Leaf) {
$extension = [System.IO.Path]::GetExtension($trimmedAppPath).ToLowerInvariant()
$dataUrl = if ($extension -eq ".exe" -or $extension -eq ".dll") {
Convert-ExeIconToDataUrl $trimmedAppPath
} else {
Convert-ImageFileToDataUrl $trimmedAppPath
}
if ($null -ne $dataUrl) {
Write-Output $dataUrl
}
exit 0
}

try {
Write-Output ([CodexShellIconNative]::GetAppsFolderIconDataUrl($trimmedAppPath))
} catch {
exit 0
}

What steps can reproduce the bug?

just have the new version

What is the expected behavior?

_No response_

Additional information

_No response_

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