diff --git a/codex-rs/Cargo.lock b/codex-rs/Cargo.lock
index d9fb5d2804..85ab7d1882 100644
--- a/codex-rs/Cargo.lock
+++ b/codex-rs/Cargo.lock
@@ -2794,6 +2794,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "codex-otel",
  "codex-plugin",
  "codex-protocol",
+ "codex-shell-command",
  "codex-skills",
  "codex-tools",
  "codex-utils-absolute-path",
diff --git a/codex-rs/core-plugins/Cargo.toml b/codex-rs/core-plugins/Cargo.toml
index 200174562b..1545193a98 100644
--- a/codex-rs/core-plugins/Cargo.toml
+++ b/codex-rs/core-plugins/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ codex-otel = { workspace = true }
 codex-plugin = { workspace = true }
 codex-protocol = { workspace = true }
 codex-skills = { workspace = true }
+codex-shell-command = { workspace = true }
 codex-tools = { workspace = true }
 codex-utils-absolute-path = { workspace = true }
 codex-utils-path = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/codex-rs/core-plugins/src/lib.rs b/codex-rs/core-plugins/src/lib.rs
index ce02d0c7ba..e7d33ea212 100644
--- a/codex-rs/core-plugins/src/lib.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core-plugins/src/lib.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ mod provider;
 pub mod remote;
 pub mod remote_bundle;
 pub mod remote_legacy;
+mod script_attribution;
 pub mod startup_sync;
 pub mod store;
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -72,3 +73,5 @@ pub use provider::ExecutorPluginProviderError;
 pub use provider::ResolvedExecutorPlugin;
 pub use remote::RecommendedPlugin;
 pub use remote::RecommendedPluginsMode;
+pub use script_attribution::PluginCommandAttribution;
+pub use script_attribution::TrustedPluginRoots;
diff --git a/codex-rs/core-plugins/src/script_attribution.rs b/codex-rs/core-plugins/src/script_attribution.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..064a72aa33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codex-rs/core-plugins/src/script_attribution.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,289 @@
+use crate::OPENAI_API_CURATED_MARKETPLACE_NAME;
+use crate::OPENAI_CURATED_MARKETPLACE_NAME;
+use crate::PluginLoadOutcome;
+use crate::loader::curated_plugin_cache_version;
+use crate::marketplace::load_marketplace;
+use crate::remote::REMOTE_GLOBAL_MARKETPLACE_NAME;
+use crate::startup_sync::curated_plugins_api_marketplace_path;
+use crate::startup_sync::curated_plugins_repo_path;
+use crate::startup_sync::read_curated_plugins_sha;
+use crate::store::DEFAULT_PLUGIN_VERSION;
+use crate::store::PluginStore;
+use codex_plugin::PluginId;
+use codex_protocol::items::is_safe_plugin_relative_path;
+use codex_shell_command::bash::extract_bash_command;
+use codex_shell_command::bash::parse_shell_lc_plain_commands;
+use codex_shell_command::parse_command::is_pathish;
+use codex_utils_absolute_path::AbsolutePathBuf;
+use std::collections::HashSet;
+use std::path::Component;
+use std::path::Path;
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+struct TrustedPluginRoot {
+    plugin_id: PluginId,
+    root: AbsolutePathBuf,
+}
+
+/// Trusted plugin command attribution safe to carry into command analytics.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct PluginCommandAttribution {
+    pub plugin_id: PluginId,
+    pub normalized_relative_path: String,
+}
+
+/// Active first-party roots eligible for command attribution.
+/// Trusted means OpenAI-shipped synced code or a server-installed global
+/// remote plugin cache entry, not a local override.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct TrustedPluginRoots {
+    roots: Vec<TrustedPluginRoot>,
+}
+
+impl TrustedPluginRoots {
+    pub fn from_plugin_load_outcome(loaded_plugins: &PluginLoadOutcome, codex_home: &Path) -> Self {
+        let Ok(store) = PluginStore::try_new(codex_home.to_path_buf()) else {
+            return Self::default();
+        };
+        let mut seen = HashSet::new();
+        let roots = loaded_plugins
+            .plugins()
+            .iter()
+            .filter(|plugin| plugin.is_active())
+            .filter_map(|plugin| {
+                let plugin_id = PluginId::parse(&plugin.config_name).ok()?;
+                let expected_root = match plugin_id.marketplace_name.as_str() {
+                    REMOTE_GLOBAL_MARKETPLACE_NAME => {
+                        let active_version = store.active_plugin_version(&plugin_id)?;
+                        if active_version == DEFAULT_PLUGIN_VERSION
+                            || store.remote_plugin_id(&plugin_id).ok().flatten().is_none()
+                        {
+                            return None;
+                        }
+                        store.plugin_root(&plugin_id, &active_version)
+                    }
+                    OPENAI_CURATED_MARKETPLACE_NAME | OPENAI_API_CURATED_MARKETPLACE_NAME => {
+                        let curated_sha = read_curated_plugins_sha(codex_home)?;
+                        let expected_root = store
+                            .plugin_root(&plugin_id, &curated_plugin_cache_version(&curated_sha));
+                        let marketplace_path = match plugin_id.marketplace_name.as_str() {
+                            OPENAI_CURATED_MARKETPLACE_NAME => {
+                                curated_plugins_repo_path(codex_home)
+                                    .join(".agents/plugins/marketplace.json")
+                            }
+                            OPENAI_API_CURATED_MARKETPLACE_NAME => {
+                                curated_plugins_api_marketplace_path(codex_home)
+                            }
+                            _ => return None,
+                        };
+                        let marketplace_path = AbsolutePathBuf::try_from(marketplace_path).ok()?;
+                        let marketplace = load_marketplace(&marketplace_path).ok()?;
+                        if marketplace.name != plugin_id.marketplace_name
+                            || !marketplace
+                                .plugins
+                                .iter()
+                                .any(|plugin| plugin.name == plugin_id.plugin_name)
+                        {
+                            return None;
+                        }
+                        expected_root
+                    }
+                    _ => return None,
+                };
+                if plugin.root != expected_root || !expected_root.as_path().is_dir() {
+                    return None;
+                }
+                let root = expected_root.canonicalize().ok()?;
+                root.as_path()
+                    .is_dir()
+                    .then_some(TrustedPluginRoot { plugin_id, root })
+            })
+            .filter(|root| seen.insert((root.plugin_id.as_key(), root.root.clone())))
+            .collect();
+        Self { roots }
+    }
+
+    /// Resolves one exact command to one trusted plugin script.
+    ///
+    /// Complex shell syntax, missing files, symlink escapes, and overlapping
+    /// matches are all unattributed by design.
+    pub fn resolve_attribution(
+        &self,
+        command: &[String],
+        cwd: &AbsolutePathBuf,
+    ) -> Option<PluginCommandAttribution> {
+        let command = single_plain_command(command)?;
+        let script = script_argument(command.as_slice())?;
+        let script = if Path::new(script).is_absolute() {
+            AbsolutePathBuf::from_absolute_path_checked(script).ok()?
+        } else {
+            cwd.join(script)
+        }
+        .canonicalize()
+        .ok()?;
+        if !script.as_path().is_file() {
+            return None;
+        }
+
+        let mut matches = self.roots.iter().filter_map(|root| {
+            let relative_path = script
+                .as_path()
+                .strip_prefix(root.root.as_path())
+                .ok()
+                .filter(|relative_path| !relative_path.as_os_str().is_empty())?;
+            Some(PluginCommandAttribution {
+                plugin_id: root.plugin_id.clone(),
+                normalized_relative_path: normalized_relative_script_path(relative_path)?,
+            })
+        });
+        let attribution = matches.next()?;
+        matches.next().is_none().then_some(attribution)
+    }
+}
+
+/// Converts a path already proven to be below a trusted plugin root into the
+/// only path shape that may leave the resolver: non-empty, relative, and
+/// slash-separated with no traversal or platform-specific prefixes.
+fn normalized_relative_script_path(relative_path: &Path) -> Option<String> {
+    let normalized = relative_path
+        .components()
+        .map(|component| {
+            let Component::Normal(component) = component else {
+                return None;
+            };
+            component.to_str()
+        })
+        .collect::<Option<Vec<_>>>()?
+        .join("/");
+
+    is_safe_plugin_relative_path(&normalized).then_some(normalized)
+}
+
+fn single_plain_command(command: &[String]) -> Option<Vec<String>> {
+    if let Some(commands) = parse_shell_lc_plain_commands(command) {
+        let [command] = commands.as_slice() else {
+            return None;
+        };
+        return single_plain_command(command);
+    }
+    if let Some(script) = windows_shell_script(command) {
+        let wrapper = ["sh".to_string(), "-lc".to_string(), script.to_string()];
+        return single_plain_command(&wrapper);
+    }
+    if extract_bash_command(command).is_some() {
+        return None;
+    }
+    Some(command.to_vec())
+}
+
+fn script_argument(command: &[String]) -> Option<&str> {
+    let [program, args @ ..] = command else {
+        return None;
+    };
+    if let Some(interpreter) = interpreter_name(program) {
+        return interpreter_script_argument(&interpreter, args);
+    }
+    is_pathish(program).then_some(program)
+}
+
+fn interpreter_name(program: &str) -> Option<String> {
+    let basename = executable_basename(program)?;
+    let basename = basename.to_ascii_lowercase();
+    let basename = basename.strip_suffix(".exe").unwrap_or(&basename);
+    matches!(
+        basename,
+        "bash"
+            | "node"
+            | "nodejs"
+            | "perl"
+            | "php"
+            | "powershell"
+            | "pwsh"
+            | "python"
+            | "python3"
+            | "ruby"
+            | "sh"
+            | "zsh"
+    )
+    .then(|| basename.to_string())
+}
+
+fn interpreter_script_argument<'a>(interpreter: &str, args: &'a [String]) -> Option<&'a str> {
+    if matches!(interpreter, "powershell" | "pwsh") {
+        let [file_flag, script, ..] = args else {
+            return None;
+        };
+        return (file_flag.eq_ignore_ascii_case("-file") && !script.starts_with('-'))
+            .then_some(script);
+    }
+
+    let mut args = args;
+    loop {
+        match args {
+            [separator, script, ..] if separator == "--" && !script.starts_with('-') => {
+                return Some(script);
+            }
+            [flag, remaining @ ..] if safe_interpreter_flag(interpreter, flag) => {
+                args = remaining;
+            }
+            [script, ..] if !script.starts_with('-') => return Some(script),
+            _ => return None,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn safe_interpreter_flag(interpreter: &str, flag: &str) -> bool {
+    matches!(
+        (interpreter, flag),
+        ("python" | "python3", "-u") | ("bash" | "sh" | "zsh", "-e")
+    )
+}
+
+fn executable_basename(program: &str) -> Option<&str> {
+    program
+        .rsplit(['/', '\\'])
+        .next()
+        .filter(|basename| !basename.is_empty())
+}
+
+fn windows_shell_script(command: &[String]) -> Option<&str> {
+    let [program, args @ ..] = command else {
+        return None;
+    };
+    let basename = executable_basename(program)?.to_ascii_lowercase();
+    if matches!(basename.as_str(), "cmd" | "cmd.exe") {
+        let [flag, script] = args else {
+            return None;
+        };
+        return flag.eq_ignore_ascii_case("/c").then_some(script);
+    }
+    if !matches!(
+        basename.as_str(),
+        "powershell" | "powershell.exe" | "pwsh" | "pwsh.exe"
+    ) {
+        return None;
+    }
+
+    let [flags @ .., command_flag, script] = args else {
+        return None;
+    };
+    if !matches!(
+        command_flag.to_ascii_lowercase().as_str(),
+        "-command" | "-c"
+    ) {
+        return None;
+    }
+    flags
+        .iter()
+        .all(|flag| {
+            matches!(
+                flag.to_ascii_lowercase().as_str(),
+                "-nologo" | "-noprofile" | "-noninteractive"
+            )
+        })
+        .then_some(script)
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+#[path = "script_attribution_tests.rs"]
+mod tests;
diff --git a/codex-rs/core-plugins/src/script_attribution_tests.rs b/codex-rs/core-plugins/src/script_attribution_tests.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..192b15ef82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codex-rs/core-plugins/src/script_attribution_tests.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,324 @@
+use super::*;
+use crate::LoadedPlugin;
+use crate::loader::curated_plugin_cache_version;
+use crate::remote::REMOTE_GLOBAL_MARKETPLACE_NAME;
+use crate::startup_sync::curated_plugins_repo_path;
+use crate::store::DEFAULT_PLUGIN_VERSION;
+use crate::store::PluginStore;
+use crate::test_support::TEST_CURATED_PLUGIN_SHA;
+use crate::test_support::write_curated_plugin_sha_with;
+use crate::test_support::write_openai_api_curated_marketplace;
+use crate::test_support::write_openai_curated_marketplace;
+use codex_plugin::PluginLoadOutcome;
+use pretty_assertions::assert_eq;
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::collections::HashSet;
+use std::fs;
+use tempfile::TempDir;
+const ENABLED: bool = true;
+const DISABLED: bool = false;
+fn path(path: &Path) -> AbsolutePathBuf {
+    AbsolutePathBuf::from_absolute_path_checked(path).expect("absolute path")
+}
+fn loaded_plugin(config_name: &str, root: &Path, enabled: bool) -> LoadedPlugin {
+    LoadedPlugin {
+        config_name: config_name.to_string(),
+        manifest_name: None,
+        plugin_namespace: None,
+        manifest_description: None,
+        root: path(root),
+        enabled,
+        skill_roots: Vec::new(),
+        disabled_skill_paths: HashSet::new(),
+        has_enabled_skills: false,
+        mcp_servers: HashMap::new(),
+        apps: Vec::new(),
+        hook_sources: Vec::new(),
+        hook_load_warnings: Vec::new(),
+        error: None,
+    }
+}
+fn synced_plugin_root(codex_home: &Path, marketplace: &str, plugin_name: &str) -> AbsolutePathBuf {
+    let synced_root = curated_plugins_repo_path(codex_home);
+    match marketplace {
+        OPENAI_CURATED_MARKETPLACE_NAME => {
+            write_openai_curated_marketplace(&synced_root, &[plugin_name])
+        }
+        OPENAI_API_CURATED_MARKETPLACE_NAME => {
+            write_openai_api_curated_marketplace(&synced_root, &[plugin_name])
+        }
+        _ => panic!("unsupported test marketplace"),
+    }
+    let plugin_id =
+        PluginId::new(plugin_name.to_string(), marketplace.to_string()).expect("plugin id");
+    let root = PluginStore::new(codex_home.to_path_buf()).plugin_root(
+        &plugin_id,
+        &curated_plugin_cache_version(TEST_CURATED_PLUGIN_SHA),
+    );
+    fs::create_dir_all(root.as_path()).expect("create cached plugin root");
+    root
+}
+fn cached_remote_plugin_root(codex_home: &Path, plugin_name: &str) -> AbsolutePathBuf {
+    let plugin_id = PluginId::new(
+        plugin_name.to_string(),
+        REMOTE_GLOBAL_MARKETPLACE_NAME.to_string(),
+    )
+    .expect("plugin id");
+    let root = PluginStore::new(codex_home.to_path_buf()).plugin_root(&plugin_id, "1.2.3");
+    fs::create_dir_all(root.as_path()).expect("create cached remote plugin root");
+    root
+}
+fn installed_remote_plugin_root(codex_home: &Path, plugin_name: &str) -> AbsolutePathBuf {
+    let root = cached_remote_plugin_root(codex_home, plugin_name);
+    let plugin_id = PluginId::new(
+        plugin_name.to_string(),
+        REMOTE_GLOBAL_MARKETPLACE_NAME.to_string(),
+    )
+    .expect("plugin id");
+    PluginStore::new(codex_home.to_path_buf())
+        .write_remote_plugin_id(&plugin_id, "plugins~Plugin_sample")
+        .expect("write remote plugin id");
+    root
+}
+fn script_fixture() -> (TempDir, AbsolutePathBuf, AbsolutePathBuf) {
+    let temp = TempDir::new().expect("temp dir");
+    write_curated_plugin_sha_with(temp.path(), TEST_CURATED_PLUGIN_SHA);
+    let root = synced_plugin_root(temp.path(), OPENAI_CURATED_MARKETPLACE_NAME, "sample");
+    let script = root.join("scripts/run.py");
+    fs::create_dir_all(script.as_path().parent().expect("script parent")).expect("create scripts");
+    fs::write(script.as_path(), "#!/usr/bin/env python3\n").expect("write script");
+    let script = script.canonicalize().expect("canonical script");
+    (temp, root, script)
+}
+fn roots_for(codex_home: &Path, plugins: Vec<LoadedPlugin>) -> TrustedPluginRoots {
+    TrustedPluginRoots::from_plugin_load_outcome(
+        &PluginLoadOutcome::from_plugins(plugins),
+        codex_home,
+    )
+}
+fn assert_untrusted(codex_home: &Path, config_name: &str, root: &Path) {
+    assert!(
+        roots_for(codex_home, vec![loaded_plugin(config_name, root, ENABLED)])
+            .roots
+            .is_empty()
+    );
+}
+fn command(parts: &[&str]) -> Vec<String> {
+    parts.iter().map(ToString::to_string).collect()
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn trusted_roots_require_verified_curated_or_remote_cache() {
+    let temp = TempDir::new().expect("temp dir");
+    write_curated_plugin_sha_with(temp.path(), TEST_CURATED_PLUGIN_SHA);
+    let root = synced_plugin_root(temp.path(), OPENAI_CURATED_MARKETPLACE_NAME, "sample");
+    let api_root = synced_plugin_root(
+        temp.path(),
+        OPENAI_API_CURATED_MARKETPLACE_NAME,
+        "api-sample",
+    );
+    let remote_root = installed_remote_plugin_root(temp.path(), "remote-sample");
+    let unverified_remote_root = cached_remote_plugin_root(temp.path(), "unverified-remote");
+    let _ = installed_remote_plugin_root(temp.path(), "overridden-remote");
+    let overridden_remote_plugin_id =
+        PluginId::parse("overridden-remote@openai-curated-remote").expect("plugin id");
+    let remote_local_override = PluginStore::new(temp.path().to_path_buf())
+        .plugin_root(&overridden_remote_plugin_id, DEFAULT_PLUGIN_VERSION);
+    let local_root = temp
+        .path()
+        .join("plugins/cache/openai-curated/sample/local");
+    let spoofed_root = temp.path().join("spoofed/openai-curated/sample");
+    let spoofed_remote_root = temp
+        .path()
+        .join("spoofed/openai-curated-remote/remote-sample");
+    fs::create_dir_all(&local_root).expect("create local root");
+    fs::create_dir_all(&spoofed_root).expect("create spoofed root");
+    fs::create_dir_all(&spoofed_remote_root).expect("create spoofed remote root");
+    fs::create_dir_all(remote_local_override.as_path()).expect("create remote local override");
+    let roots = roots_for(
+        temp.path(),
+        vec![
+            loaded_plugin("sample@openai-curated", root.as_path(), ENABLED),
+            loaded_plugin("api-sample@openai-api-curated", api_root.as_path(), ENABLED),
+            loaded_plugin(
+                "remote-sample@openai-curated-remote",
+                remote_root.as_path(),
+                ENABLED,
+            ),
+            loaded_plugin("sample@openai-curated", &local_root, ENABLED),
+            loaded_plugin("sample@openai-curated", &spoofed_root, ENABLED),
+            loaded_plugin("disabled@openai-curated", root.as_path(), DISABLED),
+        ],
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        roots.roots,
+        vec![
+            TrustedPluginRoot {
+                plugin_id: PluginId::parse("sample@openai-curated").expect("plugin id"),
+                root: root.canonicalize().expect("canonical root"),
+            },
+            TrustedPluginRoot {
+                plugin_id: PluginId::parse("api-sample@openai-api-curated").expect("plugin id"),
+                root: api_root.canonicalize().expect("canonical root"),
+            },
+            TrustedPluginRoot {
+                plugin_id: PluginId::parse("remote-sample@openai-curated-remote")
+                    .expect("plugin id"),
+                root: remote_root.canonicalize().expect("canonical root"),
+            },
+        ]
+    );
+    assert_untrusted(
+        temp.path(),
+        "unverified-remote@openai-curated-remote",
+        unverified_remote_root.as_path(),
+    );
+    assert_untrusted(
+        temp.path(),
+        "remote-sample@openai-curated-remote",
+        &spoofed_remote_root,
+    );
+    assert_untrusted(
+        temp.path(),
+        "overridden-remote@openai-curated-remote",
+        remote_local_override.as_path(),
+    );
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    {
+        let alias = temp.path().join("sample-alias");
+        std::os::unix::fs::symlink(root.as_path(), &alias).expect("symlink root");
+        assert_untrusted(temp.path(), "sample@openai-curated", &alias);
+    }
+    let _ = synced_plugin_root(temp.path(), OPENAI_CURATED_MARKETPLACE_NAME, "listed");
+    let unlisted_root = PluginStore::new(temp.path().to_path_buf()).plugin_root(
+        &PluginId::parse("missing@openai-curated").expect("plugin id"),
+        &curated_plugin_cache_version(TEST_CURATED_PLUGIN_SHA),
+    );
+    fs::create_dir_all(unlisted_root.as_path()).expect("create unlisted root");
+    assert_untrusted(
+        temp.path(),
+        "missing@openai-curated",
+        unlisted_root.as_path(),
+    );
+    let no_sha = TempDir::new().expect("temp dir");
+    let no_sha_root = synced_plugin_root(no_sha.path(), OPENAI_CURATED_MARKETPLACE_NAME, "sample");
+    assert_untrusted(
+        no_sha.path(),
+        "sample@openai-curated",
+        no_sha_root.as_path(),
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn resolves_local_attribution_for_safe_interpreters_and_wrappers() {
+    let (temp, root, script) = script_fixture();
+    let roots = roots_for(
+        temp.path(),
+        vec![loaded_plugin(
+            "sample@openai-curated",
+            root.as_path(),
+            ENABLED,
+        )],
+    );
+    let expected = Some(PluginCommandAttribution {
+        plugin_id: PluginId::parse("sample@openai-curated").expect("plugin id"),
+        normalized_relative_path: "scripts/run.py".to_string(),
+    });
+    let script = script.to_string_lossy().to_string();
+    let unix_wrapper = format!("python -u {script}");
+    for command in [
+        command(&["scripts/run.py"]),
+        command(&["/usr/bin/python", "-u", &script]),
+        command(&["sh", "-e", &script]),
+        command(&["bash", "-e", &script]),
+        command(&["zsh", "-e", &script]),
+        command(&["pwsh", "-File", &script]),
+        command(&["powershell", "-File", &script]),
+        command(&["bash", "-lc", &unix_wrapper]),
+        command(&["pwsh.exe", "-NoProfile", "-Command", "scripts/run.py"]),
+        command(&["cmd.exe", "/c", "scripts/run.py"]),
+    ] {
+        assert_eq!(roots.resolve_attribution(&command, &root), expected);
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn only_emits_safe_normalized_relative_script_paths() {
+    assert_eq!(
+        normalized_relative_script_path(Path::new("scripts/run.py")),
+        Some("scripts/run.py".to_string())
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        normalized_relative_script_path(Path::new(
+            "/home/user/.codex/plugins/cache/openai-curated/sample/scripts/run.py"
+        )),
+        None
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn rejects_ambiguous_commands_overlaps_and_symlink_escapes() {
+    let (temp, root, script) = script_fixture();
+    let roots = roots_for(
+        temp.path(),
+        vec![loaded_plugin(
+            "sample@openai-curated",
+            root.as_path(),
+            ENABLED,
+        )],
+    );
+    let script = script.to_string_lossy().to_string();
+    let complex = format!("python {script} && echo done");
+    for command in [
+        command(&["bash", "-lc", &complex]),
+        command(&["node", "--require", "scripts/bootstrap.js", &script]),
+        command(&["python", "-m", "scripts.run"]),
+        command(&[
+            "pwsh.exe",
+            "-NoProfile",
+            "-Command",
+            "scripts/run.py; echo done",
+        ]),
+        command(&["python", "scripts/missing.py"]),
+    ] {
+        assert_eq!(roots.resolve_attribution(&command, &root), None);
+    }
+    let overlapping = TrustedPluginRoots {
+        roots: vec![
+            TrustedPluginRoot {
+                plugin_id: PluginId::parse("sample@openai-curated").expect("plugin id"),
+                root: root.canonicalize().expect("canonical root"),
+            },
+            TrustedPluginRoot {
+                plugin_id: PluginId::parse("nested@openai-curated").expect("plugin id"),
+                root: root.join("scripts").canonicalize().expect("nested root"),
+            },
+        ],
+    };
+    assert_eq!(
+        overlapping.resolve_attribution(&command(&["scripts/run.py"]), &root),
+        None
+    );
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    {
+        let outside = temp.path().join("outside.py");
+        fs::write(&outside, "print('outside')\n").expect("write outside script");
+        std::os::unix::fs::symlink(&outside, root.join("scripts/escape.py")).expect("symlink");
+        assert_eq!(
+            roots.resolve_attribution(&command(&["python", "scripts/escape.py"]), &root),
+            None
+        );
+
+        for unsafe_name in [r"scripts\run.py", "C:run.py"] {
+            let unsafe_script = root.join(unsafe_name);
+            fs::write(unsafe_script.as_path(), "print('unsafe')\n").expect("write unsafe script");
+            assert_eq!(
+                roots.resolve_attribution(
+                    &command(&["python", &unsafe_script.to_string_lossy()]),
+                    &root,
+                ),
+                None
+            );
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/codex-rs/protocol/src/items.rs b/codex-rs/protocol/src/items.rs
index bcaf2ee3ab..df9b4d68f4 100644
--- a/codex-rs/protocol/src/items.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/protocol/src/items.rs
@@ -180,6 +180,24 @@ impl From<ExecCommandStatus> for CommandExecutionStatus {
     }
 }
 
+/// Returns whether a path is safe to serialize as a trusted plugin-relative path.
+///
+/// This validates the cross-platform wire shape only. The trusted plugin resolver
+/// remains responsible for establishing that the path actually came from a plugin root.
+pub fn is_safe_plugin_relative_path(path: &str) -> bool {
+    !path.is_empty()
+        && !path.starts_with('/')
+        && !path.contains('\\')
+        && path.split('/').all(|component| {
+            !component.is_empty()
+                && !matches!(component, "." | "..")
+                && !matches!(
+                    component.as_bytes(),
+                    [drive, b':', ..] if drive.is_ascii_alphabetic()
+                )
+        })
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, Serialize, TS, JsonSchema, PartialEq)]
 pub struct CommandExecutionItem {
     pub id: String,
@@ -704,6 +722,28 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn plugin_relative_paths_use_safe_wire_shape() {
+        assert!(is_safe_plugin_relative_path("scripts/run.py"));
+
+        for path in [
+            "",
+            "/home/user/.codex/plugins/cache/sample/scripts/run.py",
+            "C:/Users/user/.codex/plugins/cache/sample/scripts/run.py",
+            "scripts/C:/run.py",
+            r"\\server\share\sample\scripts\run.py",
+            r"scripts\run.py",
+            "scripts//run.py",
+            "scripts/./run.py",
+            "scripts/../run.py",
+        ] {
+            assert!(
+                !is_safe_plugin_relative_path(path),
+                "unsafe plugin-relative path should be rejected: {path:?}"
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn hook_prompt_roundtrips_multiple_fragments() {
         let original = vec![
diff --git a/codex-rs/shell-command/src/parse_command.rs b/codex-rs/shell-command/src/parse_command.rs
index 72e1aca67d..7f5e8942d7 100644
--- a/codex-rs/shell-command/src/parse_command.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/shell-command/src/parse_command.rs
@@ -1747,7 +1747,8 @@ fn cd_target(args: &[String]) -> Option<String> {
     target
 }
 
-fn is_pathish(s: &str) -> bool {
+/// Returns whether a command token has an explicit path shape.
+pub fn is_pathish(s: &str) -> bool {
     s == "."
         || s == ".."
         || s.starts_with("./")