GHSA-5g4w-3vw9-478w Coder's subdomain workspace app routing trusts unauthenticated X-Forwarded-Host header, enabling cross-app data access

• Go github.com/coder/coder/v2: >= 2.34.0, < 2.34.2 → fixed in 2.34.2 • Go github.com/coder/coder/v2: >= 2.33.0, < 2.33.8 → fixed in 2.33.8 • Go github.com/coder/coder/v2: >= 2.30.0, < 2.32.7 → fixed in 2.32.7 • Go github.com/coder/coder/v2: < 2.29.17 → fixed in 2.29.17

Summary The workspace app proxy resolves the target app from `httpapi.RequestHost()` which prefers the `X-Forwarded-Host` header over the real `Host` header. No middleware strips `X-Forwarded-Host` before routing and the header is not browser-forbidden so client-side JavaScript can set it on `fetch()` calls. > Note: Practical exploitation requires subdomain app routing (wildcard hostname) enabled, a victim who visits the attacker's shared app and a deployment whose upstream proxy does not strip `X-Forwarded-Host`. Impact App session cookies are scoped to the wildcard parent domain so the browser attaches them to any app subdomain. An attacker who controls a shared workspace app can serve JavaScript that sends same-site requests with a forged `X-Forwarded-Host` pointing at a victim's private app. The server routes by the attacker-controlled header but authorizes with the victim's cookie which lets the attacker read the victim's private app responses. Subdomain app routing must be enabled and no upstream proxy may strip `X-Forwarded-Host`. Patches The fix trusts `X-Forwarded-Host` only from configured trusted proxies and otherwise resolves the routing host from the verified request host. The fix was backported to all supported release lines: | Release line | Patched version | |---|---| | 2.34 | v2.34.2 | | 2.33 | v2.33.8 | | 2.32 | v2.32.7 | | 2.29 (ESR) | v2.29.17 | Workarounds Place an upstream reverse proxy that strips or overwrites `X-Forwarded-Host` on untrusted requests. Resources • Fix: #26204 Credits Coder would like to thank Anthropic's Security Team (ANT-2026-22435) for independently disclosing this issue!