diff --git a/src/main/ipc/filesystem-auth.ts b/src/main/ipc/filesystem-auth.ts
index 2782fd5c10d..546c611e50b 100644
--- a/src/main/ipc/filesystem-auth.ts
+++ b/src/main/ipc/filesystem-auth.ts
@@ -83,24 +83,45 @@ async function normalizeExistingPath(targetPath: string): Promise<string> {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Resolve and verify that a worktree path belongs to a registered repo.
+ *
+ * Why this doesn't use resolveAuthorizedPath: linked worktrees can live
+ * anywhere on disk (e.g. ~/.codex/worktrees/), far outside the repo root
+ * and workspaceDir that resolveAuthorizedPath allows.  The security boundary
+ * for git operations is *worktree registration* — the path must match a
+ * worktree reported by `git worktree list` for a known repo — not
+ * directory containment within allowed roots.
+ */
 export async function resolveRegisteredWorktreePath(
   worktreePath: string,
   store: Store
 ): Promise<string> {
-  const resolvedPath = await resolveAuthorizedPath(worktreePath, store)
+  // Reject obviously malformed paths early — mirrors the null-byte check in
+  // validateGitRelativeFilePath and prevents probing via realpath.
+  if (!worktreePath || worktreePath.includes('\0')) {
+    throw new Error('Access denied: invalid worktree path')
+  }
+
+  const resolvedTarget = resolve(worktreePath)
+
+  // Resolve through symlinks when the path exists on disk, so that we
+  // compare canonical paths on both sides (git worktree list also resolves
+  // symlinks).
+  const normalizedTarget = await normalizeExistingPath(resolvedTarget)
 
   for (const repo of store.getRepos()) {
     const normalizedRepoPath = await normalizeExistingPath(repo.path)
 
-    if (resolvedPath === normalizedRepoPath) {
-      return resolvedPath
+    if (normalizedTarget === normalizedRepoPath) {
+      return normalizedTarget
     }
 
     const worktrees = await listWorktrees(repo.path)
     for (const worktree of worktrees) {
       const normalizedWorktreePath = await normalizeExistingPath(worktree.path)
-      if (resolvedPath === normalizedWorktreePath) {
-        return resolvedPath
+      if (normalizedTarget === normalizedWorktreePath) {
+        return normalizedTarget
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/main/ipc/filesystem.test.ts b/src/main/ipc/filesystem.test.ts
index 7d310130523..7f8b7687f22 100644
--- a/src/main/ipc/filesystem.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/ipc/filesystem.test.ts
@@ -275,6 +275,52 @@ describe('registerFilesystemHandlers', () => {
     expect(getBranchCompareMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/workspace/repo-feature', 'origin/main')
   })
 
+  it('allows git operations on worktrees outside repo/workspace roots', async () => {
+    // Linked worktrees can live anywhere on disk (e.g. ~/.codex/worktrees/).
+    // As long as the path matches a worktree reported by `git worktree list`
+    // for a registered repo, it should be allowed — the security boundary is
+    // worktree registration, not directory containment.
+    listWorktreesMock.mockResolvedValue([
+      {
+        path: '/workspace/repo',
+        head: 'abc',
+        branch: 'refs/heads/main',
+        isBare: false,
+        isMainWorktree: true
+      },
+      {
+        path: '/external/worktrees/feature',
+        head: 'def',
+        branch: 'refs/heads/feature',
+        isBare: false,
+        isMainWorktree: false
+      }
+    ])
+
+    getBranchCompareMock.mockResolvedValue({
+      summary: {
+        baseRef: 'origin/main',
+        baseOid: 'base-oid',
+        compareRef: 'feature',
+        headOid: 'head-oid',
+        mergeBase: 'merge-base-oid',
+        changedFiles: 0,
+        status: 'ready'
+      },
+      entries: []
+    })
+
+    registerFilesystemHandlers(store as never)
+
+    // /external/worktrees/feature is outside both /workspace/repo and /workspace
+    await handlers.get('git:branchCompare')!(null, {
+      worktreePath: '/external/worktrees/feature',
+      baseRef: 'origin/main'
+    })
+
+    expect(getBranchCompareMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/external/worktrees/feature', 'origin/main')
+  })
+
   it('routes branch diff queries through the pinned branch diff helper', async () => {
     getBranchDiffMock.mockResolvedValue({
       kind: 'text',